On a high school band trip, the scent of roses was so strong on the band bus that I commented about it aloud; however, no one else around me could smell them. A couple of weeks later on the regular school bus, I sat by a classmate, Robin, whose boyfriend had recently passed away in an accident. Again, I smelled those roses. Our bus route drove on dirt roads by pastures, so smelling roses was unexplainable. Robin was telling me about her boyfriend’s fatal accident and said that whenever she spoke of him, she could smell the roses that were the flowers across his casket. I told her I smelled the roses too and asked if she was talking about her boyfriend on the band trip. She was. Robin and I weren’t really friends, and I didn’t know her boyfriend, so I wasn’t sure why I could smell those roses too. But—as afraid as I am of ghosts—roses remain very divine to me.
Flowers, Fragrance, Loved Ones Lost, Roses
Why am I smelling roses?

What an amazing experience! To have not only smelled roses but actually sat next to and connected the rose aroma with another’s own passed on loved one is a spiritually excellent event. I have my own personal story involving gardenias. That exquisite scent brings me memories and lifts me to a higher plane whenever I smell them, see them, or even think about them. Is it these so-called coincidences in life that brings out our “ghost” thoughts, or is it the “ghost” in us that brings on these thoughts? Matters not to me . . . as long as it brings gardenias! 🙂
Oh my gosh, I love gardenias. I hope that’s what heaven smells like.
I love roses. All the colors are supposed to mean something, maybe write about what the different colors are signs for. Some roses are so fragrant. Those are my favorites.
Thank you for the idea to post about signs for different colors of roses. Hope you get to stop and smell the roses today!