The bouquet is very special.
Do you remember I had written a while back about my aunt's 75th birthday?
Well, my mother and lot of my aunt's family made the trip to celebrate her birthday, but one particular aunt could not (she had an eye surgery in the offing).
My 'absent' aunt had also not been able to send a gift and while conversing with my mother on the day-before she spoke of how bad she felt for completely missing it out.
The venue for the birthday celebration was a farmhouse tucked in the outskirts of a city. The evening before the birthday, my mother secretly spirited in a bouquet, and wrote a card, and had it 'delivered' on the D-day.
Till date, my dear birthday girl believes that the bouquet had been ordered from across the oceans and delivered here. She was so happy to see that bouquet! Her smile on receiving the flowers made the day even more beautiful.
^WiseGuy^
The rest of the class is soaking sunshine here.
what a wonderful story...
ReplyDeleteGood thinking on your mom's part! That bouquet is lovely!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers...very sneaky mother of yours--I would watch out for her. ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely thing for your mother to do. Like mother, like daughter, Ms. Sneaky :-)
ReplyDeleteHow lovely... the flowers and the story!
ReplyDeleteawwwww!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful gesture. Truly moving.
ReplyDeleteThat totally shows how the thought is what counts. How sweet.
ReplyDeleteThose are so beautiful! I love this story, totally brings a smile to my face.
ReplyDelete*HUGS*
Fantastic. How nice that your Mum could do such a lovely thing and bring the absent Aunt to the day.
ReplyDeleteThat is so sweet!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely gesture! I'm so glad the birthday girl was made to feel so special, the absent aunt was able to "participate" and your mom was able to create both scenarios :D
ReplyDelete"Thinking of you" gifts are special, no matter which end of them you are on!
ReplyDeletethat is a great story. How special.
ReplyDeleteHow sweet, and what a beautiful bouquet! Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteHow sweet, and what a great story :)
ReplyDeleteThat was so thoughtful of your mother! The flowers are lovely.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great heart your mother has.
ReplyDeleteThat is so awesome! Beautiful too.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful flowers gathered together into this bouquet! Small gestures, no matter for what reason, are so special.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to gaze into the background of the picture, looks like a lovely farmhouse too!
lovely flowers and a cute story to go with!
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