MY TWO ROSES

THEY CAME TO ME FROM DIFFERENT ROSE GARDENS

THEY CAME TO ME AT DIFFERENT TIMES

ONE IS NOW TWENTY-TWO AND IS

A FULLY BLOSSOMED ROSE OF WOMANHOOD

THE OTHER NOW SEVENTEEN IS BLOSSOMING

WITH TENDER PEDALS THROUGHOUT

THESE TWO ROSES ARE PART OF THE REASON

OUR LORD PUT ME ON THIS EARTH

SO I NOT ONLY TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY,

LISSA AND GLORIANN

BUT ALSO THANK YOU

FOR GIVING ME A REASON TO BE

LOVE,

DAD OR PAPI

- Harlow F. Newton Jr.
Letter to his two youngest daughters