Plinky Prompt: A Gift That Is Bittersweet And Nostalgic. What Is It?

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  An almost burnt-down lit candle on a candle holder. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

  

• You receive a gift that is bittersweet and makes you nostalgic. What is it?
  
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• June 1, 2013
  by hibernationnow

• A bit of nostalgia

• A candle.

  My father, when he was alive, would buy me one red rose for my birthday every year and a candle each year for Christmas. He died eleven years ago and I still remember how special I felt with those gifts. You would think it would have gotten old but it never did. It was a tradition between a Daddy’s girl and her Dad.
  After he died, not right away, it probably took a year or two, my mom bought me the first candle. I wept out of sentiment and nostalgia. Every since then, my sister, my daughter, my son buy me candles for Mother’s Day or my birthday or for Christmas.
  Each one is bought and given with great love. They know I love candles but I think sometimes they forget why I really love them. They give them to me for the sole purpose to make me happy, I know that, but yet they forget that what made them so special was the relationship I had with my father and as much as I love each candle given to me, it does remind me of my dad who isn’t here. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think about him. I know love never dies, I will always love him, as I know, (and I do believe in messages from beyond) he will always love me too.

• For others who believe in messages from the beyond, you are not alone and no, you are not crazy.
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• have received them. You will too, keep your heart wide open and believe.

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  Tea Rose in North Garden (Photo credit: bill barber)