Mike was always in charge of planting flowers in our garden.

When I think back, I used to yell at him for spending so much money on flowers. Friends and neighbors used to say “I saw Mike today at the nursery” when he’d promised he wasn’t buying any more. Today I took my granddaughter to Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania to look at all the flowers and I explained that Grandpa Mike always took care of the garden.

I wish Mike could have been with us today.