Day #9: Special Place

We have 2 very special places at our home planted with care in memory of Clara.

Special Place #1

Our first special place is her “peanut”.   We were given this pink flowering tree to plant in memory of Clara from a local business in Mitchell. We decided to make a peanut shape area in our front yard in memory of our little peanut.  Her tree blooms every year, usually the week before or week of her passing day.  The blooms last about a week and then as fast as they open, they are gone, kind of like her 🙂  I often will add a pink bow or flower to her tree especially in the winter when it is so bare.  We also have a bench to sit at and someday reflect in the shade of her tree.

Day #9: Special Place #2

Our 2 special places are at home. This one is a rose given to us when she left. We actually had to replace the rose because the dog we owned and our neighbors cat did their business on it until it died. We picked the same kind of rose that we had before – “My Girl” pink rose. We had added other “Baby Love” and “SuperHero” roses to our rose bed. Lovely choices for our little girl.  Our roses took off this year and bloomed endlessly all spring, summer, and well into September.

If we ever move…

I am sure it will be very hard to leave this all behind.  For now these are just so beautiful to watch grow and bloom each year.