One of the many, many benefits of living in France for Anna is that she gets to celebrate two Mothers’ Days. This year, for instance, Mothers’ Day in the US is on May 11th, and Mothers’ Day in France is on May 25th.
In the past our son, Mark has tried mightily to have flowers
delivered to Anna on the US Mothers’ Day.
Various flower Delivery companies that claim to deliver worldwide have
assured him that his choice of bouquets would be delivered in a timely fashion and on THE day. All have failed. Once, the local Delivery Company even informed us that
our address didn’t exist. (That time, our good friend, Dominique, even intervened for us, telling them it did exist, she was
French, and she had lived at that very address. That bouquet arrived but was late.) Another time Mark chose an international company that worked with a florist around the corner and down rue Lafayette from us –
still nothing but head scratching and confusion. Then David offered to buy a bouquet and
deliver it for Mark. Problem
solved. From that day on, David was
christened Mark’s “Preferred Vendor.”
This year instead of going to a florist, David went to Anna’s favorite “flower and plant
lady” at our local farmers' Marché. David says the
lady was confused when he kept choosing bouquets and ended up with
four large, lovely ones (and even saved Mark money in the process). However, she definitely approved when
David explained that Mothers’ Day US was on the following Sunday. Here’s a
photo of the beautiful results.
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| Thank you to Mark (and his “Preferred “Vendor.) |
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