December 1, 2009
Ah Yes, Guilt Can be a Wonderful Thing!
This Thanksgiving there was a big family reunion in the Midwest; only Portland Firefly was not invited! The reason for this non-invitation is that the reunion was for my former husband’s family. Of course my children attended as did all of their paternal Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. Which left Firefly “home alone” over Thanksgiving.
Enter Guilt…. Well sort of…. On the part of my Daughter…. Actually this reunion was in the planning stages prior to my devastating diagnosis in March and we did not even know if I’d be here in November. I really did not have any issues with my children going to be with their Dad and paternal Grandparents and Family, but I wasn’t looking forward to not being able to cook and celebrate with someone. I actually ended up having two invitations and two more ‘back-up’ plans, so the situation was well covered here in the Pacific North West. but, again I digress!
I had just arrive at my Wednesday night event when my cell phone rang with my Daughter on the other end. She asked where I was and informed me that I must be home within the next 30 minutes because she was having ‘something’ delivered to me. I suspected the best… she often sends flowers to me… and I was correct. I told her that it was impossible for me to get home in that time and anyway, I had just arrived for the evening and couldn’t leave. I suggested that she have the flowers ~ opps~ the delivery~ made to my sweet next-door neighbor as I knew she was home not feeling well and she would probably enjoy the flowers ~ opps ~ the delivery~ until I could get them the next day.
Arrangements were completed and I enjoyed my evening which I’ll tell you about in another post. The evening was even sweeter for me because I knew something lovely was waiting for me when I got home. Because she was not feeling well, my neighbor went to bed early that night, so I had to wait until Thursday morning to go and see what had been delivered.
It was THE MOST BEAUTIFUL Fall arrangement that I have ever seen! As yes! Guilt can be a wonderful thing!!!
- Thanksgiving ‘Guilt’ Bouquet by PDXFirefly
jj said,
December 1, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Those are absolutely beautiful. Would you like to have coffe/tea again sometime? Let me know what your schedule looks like and if you feel up to company.
Miss you.
h said,
December 14, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Mom – I didn’t do it out of guilt. But if that makes you feel better you can think that.