I waited longer than I should to address a Valentine for a very dear Aunt.
I poured over the flower options online only to find that it wasn't what I really wanted to send. So I moved on to chocolates, then to cheesecake, and then back to flowers. Nothing seemed to really fit what I was looking for.
Starting to feel desperate, I went back to the flower options again and thought, "Just get on with it, before it's Easter!"
I happened to spot a site that offered free delivery; it seemed to add that something I needed to get going with my decision. After much ado I chose the bouquet, filled out the ship-to/bill-to information and now the final checkout was near and the much prolonged Valentine about to be on it's way. When much to my surprise did appear a delivery charge—and not just one but two!!! Yeah, this is not working. So I move out of this plan.
I start thinking...what would she really enjoy? It came to mind, when I had gone for a visit last September, there was a favorite place she liked to get coffee and a cranberry muffin.
I called the coffee shop in Michigan, asked to speak with the manager, explained I was calling from California and wondering if they had a delivery service. "No, we sure don't." I went on to explain that my aunt had not so long ago had hip surgery and I wasn't sure she could get out and about and she just loves your coffee and cranberry muffin. She said, "Hold please." And a couple seconds later she was back with, "We will take care of everything. Can I get her address?" I was so delighted I quickly offered my credit card. "No we will take care of everything." I thanked her for her very gracious offer, hung up and anxiously awaited its arrival.
The next morning, Valentines Day, I received a call from my aunt who was just over the moon with the surprise. "Oh it was such a nice treat to have. I thoroughly enjoyed it!"
And she said the girls at the coffee shop just couldn't get over it... a call from California!
Who would have thought I was such a star...I just thought I was a day late and a dollar short!
It's just the littlest things in life that can make all the difference in somebody's world.
