It was close to Mother's Day in 2009. I was at work when the Fed Ex man came in to the office and announced my name. He gave me a big white box. I immediately opened it and much to my surprise it was a bouquet of flowers. It came with a vase and it was the kind that you put the flowers together in it. Later that day I put it together and called Jeannette. She asked me if I liked them. I said I did and that she shouldn't be troubling herself by focusing on me. She said to me, "Ma, you are the most wonderful mom and I have to let you know somehow, someway. She asked me to take a picture of the flowers so that she could see what her $50.00 worth of flowers looked like. So, I took this picture. She immediately called me and told me she didn't like them and that she was going to call the company and complain. She said that those were not the ones she ordered, etc. I told her this. "Mija, I am happy just because you did this for me and I don't care if you sent me just one leaf. " She said, "O.K. mom, if you're happy then I am happy too." Right now I am looking at this picture and I see all the love that went into giving these flowers to me. She must have been in pain. She probably didn't sleep again. Her wrist probably hurt when she was calling on the phone to order them. She probably felt dizzy walking around trying to find the phone number to the floral place. I imagine all sorts of things she had to do to make me happy. Here she was thinking of others instead of herself. My daughter, what a loving and awesome human being. I miss her and I want to reassure the people that read this post that little things in life do count and that whatever gesture a loved one makes to show how much they love you it is a blessing. My Nettle Poodle. I Miss YOU.
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