The delivery man walks into an office with a huge bouquet of flowers.  Anyone near the front door at the reception desk sees him and wonders, “Who is getting flowers?”  As the receptionist walks past the cubicles, heads pop up hoping that her name is on the card attached to the bouquet.  Once the flowers are delivered to the lucky lady, all the women flock to her desk; all the while wishing the flowers had been sent to them.  “Aren’t they beautiful?  Who sent them?  What did he do?”  The questions are fired off like a roman candle on the Fourth of July.  The lucky lady just smiles at the comments, knowing the reason, but keeping it a secret. 

Throughout history flowers have been a symbol of love and affection.  In the early 1900s, a man would make a call on the lady of his affections with flowers and a box of candy in his arms.  This sent a message of serious courtship, at a time when most women held the vision of her future as being married to a faithful husband, and a home full of children.  Women loved to get flowers then and women love to get flowers now.

Reasons which women receive flowers vary from “Thinking of you” to “I’m sorry”.  Regardless of the reply to the sender, if any, when a woman receives flowers something inside just tingles.  Receiving flowers affect all of the senses: the aroma of roses, the beauty of a lily, the crackle of the tissue paper, the texture of petal, and the taste of victory.  Any woman can tell you that when flowers are sent, motives are present; however, a woman with wisdom can see the reason in spite of the blossoms.  Although in many cases, the motive is not important to her as she admires the arrangement setting on the table.

Receiving flowers is a very personal event which can lift a girl’s spirits, cause her to cry, improve her self-esteem, and make a sad day happy.  What better way to touch a woman’s heart than to send her two dozen roses for no reason at all.  And if there are motives involved, the sending of a bouquet just might smooth the road for romantic evening.

There is an old saying, “Send me flowers while I’m alive, don’t wait until I’ve passed and can’t enjoy them.”  But who is to say one cannot enjoy flowers given by the living to one on the other side?  Joe DiMaggio sent two dozen roses to Marilyn Monroe’s grave for many years.  And I would bet my bottom dollar that she loved receiving flowers, even from the other side.