ROSES OF STONE

R0SES OF STONE Cheryl Bush Richards One thing unites all women despite age, despite economic status, despite religious beliefs and values, despite the language barriers. One thing and one thing alone creates a sisterhood among women in all parts of the world. Perhaps a women is a fragrant wilting rose at summer's end or a dewy rosebud just opening her petals to the sun but whatever stage of life she finds herself in--women and men alike may be assured of one thing. Beneath the curls and powders and lotions and beneath the long eyelashes and blushing cheeks and beneath the knowing seductive glance or the wide eyed innocence and beneath the high heels and silk scarves and the pearl earrings—beneath all those exterior things that visibly makes a woman a woman you will find the purpose and resolve and a will for survival that is stronger than the hardest of stones. Look upon the beauty of a woman whether she be 9 or 90 and know that when you look upon the essence of what she is you are seeing a rose of stone. Dedicated to Beauty, Magic, and Love and to The Dream.