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"Dear Mom,
I've got great news to tell you.
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Something wonderful
and exciting has happened.
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I fell in love. That's right, love.
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I'm bursting at the seams
to tell you all about her.
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First of all, her name is Rose.
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And my world certainly seems
to have blossomed since meeting her.
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She's a wonderful girl, Mom.
I mean, woman.
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I love her and so would you.
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In someways
she sort of reminds me of you.
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I almost forgot, she can even cook.
Boy, can she cook.
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What she does to a piece of meat
would make a grown man cry.
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I don't know
whether it was the clothes she wore,
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the sound of her voice,
or the look in her eye,
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but I knew right then and there,
I was hooked for life.
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I wanted to fall to my knees
and beg for her hand.
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Sounds pretty severe?
But it's all true.
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I was immediately struck by this woman
at first sight.
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I guess you could say she connected
with me too-- right off the bat.
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You'd hardly recognize me these days.
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I'm like an entirely different person,
thanks to Rose.
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You know what they say-
'Behind every good man,
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there stands a woman
to guide and inspire him.'
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I don't know how good I am,
but with the loving hand of Rose
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to prod me along
I know I'm bound to get better.
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I know you're busy,
so I won't tie you up any longer.
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Rose is truly a remarkable woman, Mom.
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It looks like I'll be hanging
around here for a long time.
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At least for as long as she'll keep me,
anyway.
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Well, I guess I better be going now.
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It's almost dinner time.
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Rose is just finishing her meal
as I write this,
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and she tells me
that she's cooked up something