Her favorite instrument, the violin. She played it in the high school orchestra. That simple fact led to our meeting each other and building a lifetime of love.
         Her favorite flower, the red rose. She adored them. I gave her a fresh dozen virtually every week of our married life, yet she never tired of them. Each new offering brought tears to her eyes, for she knew the love and devotion that came with them. So emblematic is the red rose of our love that I had two of them engraved on her tombstone.

         My deepest and most sincere thanks to hinkleville for this graphic of the two most meaningful things in Linda's life.