This is the story of an English rose, Anne Evans ¿ a warm-hearted nurse, creative gardener, contented traveller, and a devoted wife and mother. She recalls her many walks in the picturesque fields and rolling hills of Herefordshire. Her mischievous school days, escaping into books and attending church.She reflects on romance and her move to Australia, and most important of all, a loving family through the generations.`A young man came into the Emergency Department . . . I happened to be working night duty, and we talked late into the night . . . So our first meetings were whispers . . . I fell in love with him and that was it.¿`We had two beautiful twins . . . They would giggle and laugh and seemed to have a secret language which only they knew.¿`I have enjoyed casting my mind back, even in my forgetfulness, . . . My advice to others is to do what you enjoy . . . have some fun and live well.¿Here are some lessons for us all, from a woman who has lived a life full of love.Mark Koehler is a writer and editor and the founder of LifeStory Writing, a project to help people write their memoir or autobiography.