The Integrity of Love
A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to
be wired to his mother who lived two hundred miles away. As
he got out of his car he noticed a young girl sitting on the
curb sobbing. He asked her what was wrong and she replied,
"I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother. But I only have
seventy-five cents, and a rose costs two dollars."
The man smiled and said, "Come on in with me. I'll buy you a
rose." He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his
own mother's flowers. As they were leaving he offered the
girl a ride home. She said, "Yes, please! You can take me to
my mother."
She directed him to a cemetery, where she placed the rose on
a freshly dug grave.
The man returned to the flower shop, cancelled the wire
order, picked up a bouquet and drove the two hundred miles
to his mother's house.
Author unknown. If anyone has a proprietary interest in this
story please authenticate and I will be happy to credit, or
remove, as the circumstances dictate.