I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day.... Mine was very strange for me. This is the first time in 31 years that I have not been working my buns off to fill hundreds of orders for men who wanted to tell their sweethearts how much they love them. It's been over a year now since the fire in the building next door. I never did get the flower shop back up and running again but last year on Valentines day I got feeling bad for my customers of many years so I ordered in roses so I could fill some orders. This year however I have a full service scrapbook store and so I did not offer or bring in any flowers.
It was a very sad day for me, having to send good customers away. I learned a big lesson. Life isn't about how much money you make in your profession, what ever it is, but how much you enjoy it. To me, the past 30 years of "smelling the roses every day" was about the service to others and the joy others have when they recieved my flowers. I will probably always miss those very busy holidays, but I will look forward and enjoy what ever is happening in my live on Valentine's Day and I will hold close to my heart the memories I have.
If any of my family or friends read this, just want you to know how much I love each of you.
Joyce
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