Some sod has stolen two vases of flowers from my wife’s grave. When he or she reaches the gates of Hell I
hope they are first beheaded, then pitched inside.
OK, so maybe there is more to this story than I initially perceived. This morning I went to Joe’s Gardens to buy a replacement flower. I told the clerk what had happened, expecting indignation and disgust. Instead she seemed embarrassed and contrite. She told me, to paraphrase, that she had done the same thing when she was little. Apparently they lived near a cemetery and were poor. She knew her mother loved flowers, so occasionally she would snatch some for her. She said that she still regrets it. I gave her absolution, of course.
Yeah, I know, this sounds too good to be true, but I believe her. She had no reason to lie. So maybe some poor waif snatched Linda’s flowers for her mother. If so, I forgive her. But, in Bellingham? Not likely.
OK, so maybe there is more to this story than I initially perceived. This morning I went to Joe’s Gardens to buy a replacement flower. I told the clerk what had happened, expecting indignation and disgust. Instead she seemed embarrassed and contrite. She told me, to paraphrase, that she had done the same thing when she was little. Apparently they lived near a cemetery and were poor. She knew her mother loved flowers, so occasionally she would snatch some for her. She said that she still regrets it. I gave her absolution, of course.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I know, this sounds too good to be true, but I believe her. She had no reason to lie. So maybe some poor waif snatched Linda’s flowers for her mother. If so, I forgive her. But, in Bellingham? Not likely.
Could they have been removed by the grounds crew?
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