On dark days, bring the light.

It’s a hard day every day for someone. Today it’s a hard day for people that have lost. Remind them there is still sunshine in the gray. Still something beaming at them. Bring them a smile by giving them a call. Tell them you’re thinking of them. If you are in this camp already think of who you already know in your life. You know how it feels to receive love on moments like that. It feels even better to give it. I always sent my mom flowers on the Saturday before Mother’s Day so that I could have the little specialty grocery add in a pecan roll too. My mom was special so they’d do something like that for me. Knowing it would bring her joy to have a pastry while she watched CBS Sunday morning that next day. The florist, Jane, knew my mother so well she would know what she had already bought for the week so i didn’t repeat. I had her order the flowers for her memorial. She gave me a hug and looked at me with her crystal blue eyes and told me how sorry she was. It was special to call Jane this week and order flowers. This time for two women that do a lot for others and not much for themselves. I ordered first for my best friend that is an amazing mom, and then for my neighbor that has really helped mend the hole I have with her kindness. I sent my dad’s mother-in-law a bouquet last year and repeated the tradition this year knowing being in assisted living on lockdown is much harder than anything I”m dealing with. I lost one mom. One bouquet. I paid it forward with three and it was the best I felt all week.