Hi Bobbie, my first thought was that this seemed a little poetic for a lyric, but since you told us it is a very personal story, I can see that this is how it must be written. In the first verse, by moving the second four lines to the beginning of the verse puts things more into the right order - that he held her til she died, not that she died and then he held her and I think it still reads fine. The chorus is really good - only nit here is that since "Roses in the Snow" is the title, it would work better as the last line.

No matter how difficult the burden
(He taught me how to know)(not good, you'll do better)
To find the best in every day
To find the roses in the snow

Just my very humble opinion. Cheers.

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