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Article: Associated Press; Every spring Mike Milton receives [Derived headline]
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- Burlington County Times
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- August 5, 2007
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By Melissa Kossler Dutton
Associated Press
Every spring Mike Milton receives a joyful reminder of his grandmother. The bright yellow blooms on the flowering bush transplanted from her yard in southeast Louis-iana reawaken memories of the lessons and values she instilled in him.
"I can't look at it without thinking of family members and stories," Milton, a Presbyterian minister in Chattanooga, Tenn., said.
Milton's aunt gave him a cutting of the bush, which the family calls a March rose, 13 years ago when he lived in Kansas. He vividly remembers her snipping a sprig from the plant, wrapping it in a damp newspaper and placing it in a plastic bag.
It's a process he repeated when he moved from ...