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Article: FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS
- Article from:
- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society Jul/Aug 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
"What are those for?" my husband, Dan, asks as I walk in the kitchen with a bunch of tulips.
"For me."
"You bought flowers for no reason?"
"They're part of my new lifestyle."
"I'm glad you think we have money to burn."
"Honey, in case you haven't noticed, our way of life needs a makeover."
"What's wrong with our way of life?"
"Who are those for?" asks our teenage daughter coming through on her way to the refrigerator.
"Can't a person just bring home flowers around here without a crossexamination?"
"They're for her lifestyle change," Dan says.
"If she's changing, I have some suggestions," the ...