Normally when someone is characterized as looking through rose-tinted glasses, it suggests that they see the world in an optimistic light. Most people with this trait can take the glasses off, but not Ol' Bart Kasich. When his wife Lily died, the diamond of all golden girls, he was left to sell many of her remaining treasures in his antique store in a 1960's small town. Most of Lily's things are present throughout the shop, but the one object left behind that dominates every customer's attention is her rose-colored glass vase. When Lily died, so did the flowers that filled it. Mysteriously, she had the vase corked at her death and with such a deep rose tint it is impossible to see its contents. If Bart were to remove the cork in order to reveal Lily's last actions when living, he would break the vase. This vase has created so many memories throughout his marriage. As long as the vase is in tact, Bart will forever see through rose tinted glasses. Published in
Dramatic Debuts Volume 4.