The other day while I was working, someone rang my doorbell. I rarely have anyone unexpectedly showing up, so I thought at first it might be a salesperson. Even though I have a doorbell camera, it was just faster to get up and see who it was. And it was a delivery person with a big thing of flowers!
My first thought was that they had the wrong house, but they asked for me and I confirmed this was my address. So I took the flowers and brought them inside and spent a moment just admiring them because this was one of the prettiest bouquets I’ve seen!
I really was trying to think who it might be from, and I thought maybe someone I know congratulating me on the condo or something like that. But I was shocked when I saw that it was from my customer service job. And even more shocked when it was to congratulate me on having a good MRI scan and not needing my tumors to be monitored anymore!
I’ve never had a job send me flowers before. And I’ve never had a job congratulate me on something that wasn’t related to work. So this really meant so much to me. And I know that part of this might be because my friend is one of the executive team members and he knew what was going on. But it was still sent by others who don’t know me as well and it was really so special.
I did celebrate myself when I had the good news about my tumor, but it was different this year since in the past I was able to celebrate with others as well. And this was a big MRI because it also meant that I was done being checked on a regular basis. But in a way, this wasn’t as big of a celebration since I wasn’t around my friends or going out to dinner or something to recognize good news. So receiving flowers made things feel more special and I didn’t realize how much I needed that.
But I also didn’t really understand how special getting something so unexpected would feel. And it’s making me think about trying to do things like that for my friends since I want them to feel special too. I’m not sure if I’ll do flowers since they can get expensive, but I do want to try to find little ways to make people feel as special as I did getting these flowers.
And I also rarely have fresh flowers in my house. And having them right now just feels luxurious when I know it’s not a huge expense. I might not do this until after I move, but I want to look into maybe having a semi-regular flower delivery or making more of an effort to buy flowers when I go to the store. It’s crazy how something so small can make a big change in how I feel in my home. But it would be a nice thing to do for myself and to remind me that I do deserve to celebrate the little things.
Who knew that a simple flower delivery could mean so much to me? I had no idea. But I am so grateful that my work thought to do that and I could feel so special and grateful that others are celebrating the wins I have in my life as well.
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