Shower of Flowers

I like giving flowers. Now don't get me wrong I like getting them too. But the reaction to flowers is almost unfailingly positve, so I don't like to wait on the thoughtfulness of others. And giving flowers for no reason at all, just to say "cheer up" or "surprise" or "glad you're you" does something good for my soul--one of those mysterious 'giving is better than receiving' sort of things no doubt. Today, it was "happy spring"--it's still March and there's still some very ugly snow on the ground, but you can almost taste it on the breeze and the temp is up to 50 degrees--and though they don't last forever, flowers always make me smile, and everyone could use a few more smiles--and so I bought flowers and gave them to a few friends. If gift giving is ever a selfish thing to do, then I'm guilty today, because I felt so good dropping them off.

And why is it that girls are the only ones who ever get flowers? It seems that some girls acutally need to have flowers sent to them on all special occasions. How often do you hear about a boy getting flowers sent to him, aside from a death in the family? Never. And really, there's no reason for this, flowers are just God's gift to cheer one when one is down... or to say "I appreciate you" in a demonstrative way. And men can appreciate beauty, and a little color. And have you seen most guy's apartments? Not usually the most cheery places on the planet.

So send the boys flowers! and boys, appreciate the gesture, and the beauty and color of the flowers and of the one who sent them.