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| MA Graduation 2016. |
Flowers are a strange thing. Some people have some in the house all the time, my Mum will normally have some, especially if there’s been a particularly nice bunch in Asda that week, but I rarely do. Unless it’s been a special occasion and someone’s bought them for me, I’m very unlikely to buy myself flowers unless they’re cheap-and-cheerful, £1 a bunch, daffodils.
I’ve received three bunches of flowers this year, from what I can remember, but none made me smile more than the most recent bunch. Let me set the scene for you…
I was at work, on a cloudy Thursday afternoon, just having come back from my lunch break, I’ve got that post-lunch sleepy vibe going on. Sam, my supervisor comes into the Stock Room (where I was loitering, putting off doing any work) and says there’s someone here to see me. Immediately ,I go into panic mode; which customer have I offended, or given the wrong change to…
But no, no. As I followed Sam back out onto the shop floor, I was met with an older man with fluffy white hair that I definitely did not recognise. It was then he held up a bag of a bouquet of flowers and said “…these must be for you then.”
But no, no. As I followed Sam back out onto the shop floor, I was met with an older man with fluffy white hair that I definitely did not recognise. It was then he held up a bag of a bouquet of flowers and said “…these must be for you then.”
Having someone send you flowers at work is one of the most simultaneously embarrassing and blissful things that can happen. If someone can make someone else’s day (for day, read week/month) simply by sending flowers, why not do it? I think we should all make use of local florists more. Knowing that someone went to the effort to call, or find a website, pick out some flowers, and have them sent to you, even if they’re 100 miles away or 10 minutes down the street, really can change your whole outlook around.
We don’t have to start sending flowers out willy-nilly, flowers picked up at the local store on your way to visit a friend or relative count too. If seeing you for that visit that weekend wasn’t enough, now they’ve got flowers to remind them that you made the effort to visit and cared enough to think of them, that they might like a bunch of happiness.
I guess, all I’m trying to say is that sending flowers isn’t just for funerals, commiserations, or apologies. Send them in happy times too, or even with no occasion what so ever because ‘just because’ is always enough! Boyfriends, buy your girlfriends flowers. Girlfriends, send your Mum's flowers. Buy anyone/everyone flowers, because sometimes we all need a little pick me up.
Look at me, getting all soppy now…
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| Birthday 2016. |
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| Valentines 2016. |
