GOD CREATED THE ROSE IN THE LIKENESS OF A WOMAN. THE ROSE REPRESENTS BEAUTY. THE STEM REPRESENTS STRENGTH. THE PEDALS ARE SOFT AS SKIN, THE FRAGRANCE PURE AND SWEET. THE LEAVES REPRESENT ARMS OUTSTRETCHED, ALWAYS LOVING, ALWAYS GIVING. THE THORNS REPRESENTS THE HURT YOU CAN GIVE IF MISTREATED EACH TIME YOU LOOK AT A ROSE, REMEMBER....... GOD MADE YOU SPECIALDLR