I design flower arrangements for people every day, have been for 20 years, some of my best work is in Funeral flower arranging, it gives me a change to create & use the talent in which I was born with. Art, there are so many sides to this one talent.
When a customer calls me for funeral work, I take the order & I do the best job I know I can do, the piece then goes in for additional things such as card message and picture taking (for our customers) we then deliver it to the designated Funeral Home. Thats it!
Until one day (May 17th) I was doing several funeral pieces for a client & my telephone rang, I was certain it was just another customer. It was my father. He went on to telling me that there was a Catastrophe at home, (Vermont) & I just froze, he aske me if I was still there and I told him “No” and proceeded to end our conversation by hanging up the phone.
I knew it was not good, I knew it was my father that was in charge of all the really emotional passing of news, after all he is my rock, the man in charge of all things the rest of us could not handle on our own.
I sat there staring down at the phone & saw his caller ID number come through again, I answered the phone and before he could say anything I told him that I was putting him on hold while I placed a 911 call to my husband, i just knew at this point that I could not do it alone. He said “Dont you even want to know what it is?” I proceeded with the “No” answer again.
Putting him on hold & placing the 911 call to my husband seemed like the hardest thing to do, I fumbled with my already knowing the news with the panic in my heart. I suppose at some point we all know this day will come, our day of sorrow.
My husband, Chris, answered his phone. In a severe panic I began yelling at him to hurry and get to my flower shop, my dad is on hold & he is waiting to tell me that Donald is dead. (my brother of only one year younger than I) I continued to yell in sheer panic, “he has commited suicide & I know it was with a gun.”
I knew none of this, I just blurted it all into the phone as fast as I could.
Chris arrived at the shop as fast as he could, keeping me on the phone & somewhat very upset with me for determining the outcome of the call on my own. He just could not believe that I would drum up such a tale of sorrow.
Chris is a copy of my father & I have always known this, I know my find in him as my husband 20 years prior, had everything to do with my father. It would be him or nobody at all…And he is him, my rock, my strength when I have none.
He arrived at the shop & my dad had already hung up the phone. I told Chris that he would need to call him back and he had to do it from the bathroon with the door closed so that I would not see any facial expressions or hear anything, I gave him Explicit instruction.
Upon him opening the bathroom door he just stood there, he began shaking his head up & down.
I never even knew my brother was having problems, i had not spoke to him in nearly 3 years and when I had, he seemed so happy with his new girl friend and her 2 sons, they were going to get married and he was to adopt her boys. I just had no idea.
Needless to say, I never again looked at funeral work the same, ever again. I was very good at it. Today, I am even better at it. He guides my hands, my heart is always there. We will never, EVER forget those we have lost. I will never, EVER forget that one day in my life.
I only ever heard what my customers told me & would always design my very best for them, nearly all the time upgrading there pieces.
I still love the work that I do. I have changed the way I look at it, my talents are even grander than ever. My heart is with your heart durring your time of loss & my promise to you is that I will continue to do the very best for you, my customer!
Funeral designing is not all I design, I am a full service floral shop of 21 years. And I promise that nothing will ever leave from this shop to your loved one with out the approval of my hands!
You may take a look at some of the work I have done by visiting me at http://www.yourflowergirl.com/
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