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National Make Someone Smile Week is really taking off. In fact, there is lots of buzz going on at Twitter. People are coming up with a variety of ways to “spread the smiles across the miles.”
Smile Week on Twitter
It all started last night when I posted about it being National Make Someone Smile Week ~National Make Someone Smile Week Begins Today http://bit.ly/3Aumrm I was linking to the post I wrote yesterday here..
Michael Long aka @theredrecruiter on Twitter retweeted a message I posted that had been retweeted by someone else. Here it is: “@HeidiRichards I’m digging this smile week thing! Let’s spread it! 
#SmileWeek“
Then Michael sent a message saying: “What are you doing for #smileweek? I’m going to buy a stranger a cup of coffee tomorrow. (Spread the smiles!!!)” followed by:
“Help spread the word about National Smile Week! Here is how to play! http://bit.ly/eFJIm #smileweek“
To which I replied “Whoohoo wouldn’t it be kool if #SmileWeek made Trending Topics????” (BTW, Trending Topics are the Top Ten topics people are talking about on Twitter. )
@HeidiRichards Absolutely! Let’s hope that #SmileWeek takes hold tomorrow when everyone gets to work!
That was the beginning! Since then hundreds of people have tweeted and retweeted about Smile Week sharing what they plan to do. People are buying cups of coffee for strangers, calling people they haven’t spoken to in a while, paying the tolls at toll booths and so much more.
So I thought it would be fun to find out what MY READERS are doing to Spread the Smiles Across the Miles for National Smile Week.
so far, my staff and I have sent flowers to two local nursing homes, the local post office, a hospital information desk, local library and I have given my UPS, FEDEX and Postal Carrier flowers. Not to mention all the fun quotes, riddles, stories and good will shared on Twitter!
Let’s get this Smile Week ball rolling so fast it goes round the world at least once!
Are you up for the challenge? If so, feel free let us know what your plans are and what you’ve already done (in the comments section below). And if you are on Twitter, leave your Twitter ID and be sure to post your replies on Twitter with the #SmileWeek hashtag so others will see what you are doing.
Looking forward to hearing your ideas and goodwill stories!
July 20th, 2009
Ever since the dawn of time, people (mostly men) have been in the doghouse. Imagine how much trouble Adam would have been in if he had not eaten that apple! He might have had to spend the night (or several) in the dogasaurus cave! But that’s another story….
For as long as I can remember, people (mostly men) have been coming into my florist and saying “Help, I’m in the doghouse.” In fact, I can remember the very first time a customer said that to me, I replied, “No problem, we specialize in doghouse repairs.”
And so began what would one day become a national holiday. Now Get out of the Doghouse DAy is not really a celebration. I mean how could it be? Its more of an observance. Because most of the time people (mostly men) are looking for something to “smooth things over.” While flowers can certainly help get back in the intended’s good graces, it is easier to be forgiven when the offender is remorseful, sincere and he (or she) ads a dash of romance.
Now, I’m not suggesting you BEG Forgiveness (unless the situation warrants it), I am suggesting that bringing home a bouquet and being open to talking it out will give you a better chance of “getting out of the doghouse.”
In 2002 my staff and I conducted a survey and a majority of women said that although they preferred to talk about their troubles, they also thought flowers were a romantic way to ask for forgiveness. For men the answer was much simpler. They prefer make-up sex. Maybe adding a petals around the house and on the bed would satisfy both!
So next time you are in the doghouse think of flowers as a start… flowers suggest romance and let’s face it, romance is what most people (mostly women) really want.
So next time you are in the doghouse, bring home a bouquet and a willingness to talk things out and you could find yourself out of the doghouse and back in the Main House.
And remember, Eden Florist specializes in “doghouse repairs.”
To read some fun doghouse stories visit: http://www.tulipstalk.com/category/doghouse-stories/
To submit YOUR Doghouse Story (and enter our doghouse competition) visit: http://tulipstalk.com/DoghouseSurvey.pdf.
July 19th, 2009
“The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.” ~ Robert Bloch
Did you know that today begins National Make Someone Smile WEEK (July 19-25)? That’s right. And all across the country thousands of florists are delivering flowers to people in hospitals, nursing homes, and foster care centers to people who might not otherwise get any flowers.
Started in 2000 by Teleflora, it has become “the floral industry’s most successful charitable program. Last year’s program spanned 144 cities throughout the United States and Canada, more than 2,000 florists donated their time. Teleflora’s program delivered more than 35,000 bouquets to those most in need of a smile.”
Eden Florist will be participating in Make Someone Smile Week by dropping off flowers to my local library, favorite grocery store clerk and more.
Check out the article “How do you Make Someone Smile? Send Flowers, of course!” It’s my list of 21 people and places to send a smile and get on in return. and be sure to visit: EdenFlorist.com to send flowers to someone who needs a lift.
And when you give a smile, it is almost impossible not to get one in return! And wouldn’t it be nice to be “blamed” for doing something good (for a change)? *SMILE
So keep smiling! And be sure to send someone flowers to make them smile too! It could be a total stranger or someone you love. Its up to you.
Feel free to leave your LIST of people you would like to make smile in the comments section below. If we get enough response, I may even have a contest and give free flowers to the writer AND the person she/he wishes to send flowers. How about that to make someone smile?
Happy Make Someone Smile Week!
July 19th, 2009
Celebrate the 4th of July with Flowers!
Thank you to all our loyal readers and followers for hanging out with us, reading our blog and visiting our website. And to those of you who make an ocassional purchase, double thanks!
Wishing you a inspiring Independence Day with Family and Friends. May it be all you hope for … and then some.
Remember to spend some time reflecting on why we celebrate this special day. Because of our forefathers sacrifices we are fortunate to be celebrating America’s Independence and Freedom. A very special thank you and prayer to them.
Wishing you the happiest of 4th of July’s!
Warmest regards,
Heidi and the Eden Florist Family
July 3rd, 2009
Mother’s Day is the perfect time to pay visit with Mom, spend time with her, hold her hands, look into her eyes and say – “Thanks, Mom!”. Here are a few inspirational quotes and sayings about mothers and their love by some famous and infamous people throughout history. Choose your favorite saying and add it to the card message you include with your order of FLOWERS for that special Mom. To help you with your flower selection, call us at 954-981-5515 or 800-966-3336. Be sure to order early for best selection and preferred delivery times.
• “Mother is the name for god on the lips and hearts of all children.” ~ Brandon Lee
• “A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.” ~ Washington Irving
• “Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.” ~ Marion C. Garretty
• “All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.” ~ Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
• “Richer than Gold You may have tangible wealth untold; Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be — I had a mother who read to me.” ~ Strickland Gillilan
• “There is no velvet so soft as a mother’s lap, no rose as lovely as her smile, no path so flowery as that imprinted with her footsteps.” ~ Archibald Thompson
• “The Miracle of Life nurtured by a woman who gave us love and sacrifice…MOTHER” ~ Joel Barquez
• “This heart, my own dear mother, bends, With love’s true instinct, back to thee!” ~ Thomas Moore
• “A man loves his sweetheart the most; his wife the best, but his mother the longest.” ~ Irish Proverb
• “God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.” ~ Jewish Proverb
• “A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to making leaning unnecessary.” ~ Dorothy Canfield Fisher
• Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother. ~ Lin Yutang
• “My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.” ~ George Washington (1732-1799)
• “When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.” ~ Sophia Loren, from Women and Beauty
• “Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
• “A man’s work is from sun to sun, but a mother’s work is never done.” ~ Unknown
• “The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes them a mother–which is as absurd as believing that having a piano makes one a musician.” ~ Sidney J. Harris
• “Only mothers can think of the future-because they give birth to it in their children.” ~ Maxim Gorky
• “The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.” ~ Honore’ de Balzac (1799-1850)
• “The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)
• The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. ~ W.R. Wallace
• “I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” ~ Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
• “Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.” ~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy
• A mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart – a heart so large that everybody’s grief and everybody’s joy found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation. ~ Mark Twain
• Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see. ~ Pope Paul VI
• “Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.” ~ Sophocles
• A mother understands what a child does not say. ~ Jewish proverb
Visit Eden Florist online at www.EdenFlorist.com. We have a large selection of flowers for Mom. Give mom the give of love with flowers this mothers day from Eden Florist.
May 7th, 2009
Did you know how Mother’s Day is celebrated in different parts of the world? Read below to find out some interesting facts about Mom’s the world over. And remember to order your special Mom FLOWERS early! You can order online or in person and you can us at: 954-981-5515 or 800-966-3336. Be sure to order early for best selection and preferred delivery times.
• Chinese family names are often formed (begin) with a sign that means “mother”. It’s a nice way of honoring their moms long past.
• The ancient Greeks celebrated Mother’s Day in spring, like we do. They used to honor Rhea, “mother of the gods” with honey-cakes and fine drinks and flowers at dawn. Sounds like the beginnings of the Mother’s Day tradition of breakfast in bed!
• Mother Shipton was a Prophetess in Britain 500 years ago. She could see the future, and predicted that another Queen Elizabeth would sit on the throne of England. (QE II)
• Japan’s Imperial family trace their descent from Omikami Amaterasu, the Mother of the World.
• Julia Ward Howe wrote the Battle Hymm of the Republic and was a staunch fighter for women’s rights. She staged an unusual protest for peace in Boston, by celebrating a special day for mothers. Julia wanted to call attention to the need for peace by pointing out mothers who were left alone in the world without their sons and husbands after the bloody Franco-Prussian War.
• Hindu scripture credits the Great Mother, Kali Ma, with the invention of writing through alphabets, pictographs and beautiful sacred images.
• Mother Goose is one of the most popular of all children’s entertainers. Her books and stories have been loved for many generations.
• Native American Indian women have long been honored with the name, “Life of the Nation” for their gift of motherhood to the tribes
• Ancient Egyptians believed that “Bast” was the mother of all cats on Earth, and that cats were sacred animals.
• Buddha honored mothers when he said, “As a mother, even at the risk of her own life, loves and protects her child, so let a man cultivate love without measure toward the whole world.”
May 5th, 2009
Moms cannot be talked about enough. Here’s even more Mothers Day poetry to Inspire you and all the moms of the world.
When you need someone to stand beside you,
Mom is near …
When you need someone to hear your troubles,
She will hear …
When you need someone to share your burden,
She will share …
When you need to know that someone loves you,
Mom is there.
-Thomas J. Langley
A MOTHER’S LOVE
A Mothers’ Love is like an island
In life’s ocean vast and wide,
A peaceful quite shelter
From the restless, rising tide….
A Mothers’ Love is like fortress
And we seek protection there
When the waves of tribulation
Seem to drown us in despair.
A Mother’s Love a sanctuary
Where our souls can find sweet rest
From the struggle and tension
Of life’s fast and futile quest…
A Mother’s Love is like a tower
Rising far above the crowd,
And her smile is like the sunshine
Breaking through a threatening cloud…
A Mother’s Love is like a beacon
Burning bright with Faith and Prayer
And though the changing scenes of life
We can find a Haven There
For a Mother’s Love is fashioned
After God’s enduring love,
It is endless and unfailing
Like the love of HIM above…
* *
A MOTHER’S LOVE
A mother’s love is something
That no one can explain,
It is made of deep devotion
And sacrifice and pain,
It is endless and unselfish
And enduring come what may
For nothing can destroy it
Or take that love away…
It is patient and forgiving
When all others forsaking,
And it never fails or falters
Even though the heart is breaking…
It believes beyond believing
When the world around condemns,
And it glows with all the beauty
Of the rarest brightest gems…
It is far beyond defining,
It defies all explanation,
And it still remains a secret
Like the mysteries of creation….
A many splendoured miracle
Man cannot understand
And another wondrous evidence
Of Gods’ tender guiding hand.
WHAT IS A MOTHER?
A mother is someone to shelter and guide us,
To love us, whatever we do,
With a warm understanding and infinite patience
And wonderful gentleness, too.
How often a mother means swift reassurance
In soothing our small, childish fears,
How tenderly mothers watch over their children
And treasure them all through the years!
The heart of a mother is full of forgiveness
For any mistake, big or small,
And generous always in helping her family,
Whose needs she has placed above all.
A mother can utter a word of compassion
And make all our cares fall away,
She can brighten a home with the sound of her laughter
And make life delightful and gay.
A mother possesses incredible wisdom
And wonderful insight and skill -
In each human heart is that one special corner
Which only a mother can fill!
Katherine Nelson Davis
THANK YOU MOM
I know how often I took you for granted
when I was growing up.
I always assumed you’d be there
when I needed you…
and you always were.
But I never really thought about what that meant
till I got older and began to realize
how often your time and energy were devoted to me.
so now, for all the times I didn’t say it before,
thank you, Mom…. I love you so very much!
- Author Unknown.
God’s Masterpiece Is Mother
God took the fragrance of a flower…
The majesty of a tree…
The gentleness of morning dew…
The calm of a quiet sea…
The beauty of the twilight hour…
The soul of a starry night…
The laughter of a rippling brook…
The grace of a bird in flight…
Then God fashioned from these things
A creation like no other,
And when his masterpiece was through
He called it simply – Mother.
- Herbert Farnham
A MOTHER’S LOVE
There are times when only a Mother’s love
Can understand our tears,
Can soothe our disappoints
And calm all of our fears.
There are times when only a Mother’s love
Can share the joy we feel
When something we’ve dreamed about
Quite suddenly is real.
There are times when only a Mother’s faith
Can help us on life’s way
And inspire in us the confidence
We need from day to day.
For a Mother’s heart and a Mother’s faith
And a Mother’s steadfast love
Were fashioned by the Angels
And sent from God above…
- Author Unknown.
And Grandma’s Too
“While we honor all our mothers
with words of love and praise.
While we tell about their goodness
and their kind and loving ways.
We should also think of Grandma,
she’s a mother too, you see….
For she mothered my dear mother
as my mother mothers me.”
- Unknown
Be sure to honor MOM with flowers this Mothers Day. Call Eden Florist at 954-981-5515 to send the perfect floral tribute to your mom!
May 4th, 2009
History of Mother’s Day
It started in Rome and became a United States national holiday less than 100 years ago.
You may think it was all started by Hallmark in an effort to sell cards, but that’s not the case at all. Mother’s Day dates back to the ancient Romans and made its way to the United States in the early 1900′s and finally became a national holiday in 1914.
The earliest tributes to Mother’s Day date back to the annual spring festival the Greeks dedicated to Rhea, the mother of many deities, and to the offerings ancient Romans made to their Great Mother of Gods, Cybele. Christians celebrated a Mother’s Day of sorts during a festival on the fourth Sunday in Lent in honor of Mary, mother of Christ. In England the holiday was expanded to include all mothers. It was then called Mothering Sunday.
In the United States it started with one woman named Anna Jarvis. Jarvis was an Appalachian homemaker and she organized a day to raise awareness of poor health conditions of her community. She thought the day would be best advocated by mothers and called the day “Mother’s Work Day”.
When Anna Jarvis died in 1905 her daughter, also named Anna, began a campaign to memorialize the life work of her mother. Anna remembered that her mother said there were many days dedicated to men but not for mothers. Anna then began to lobby the politicians of the time to support a day dedicated to mothers. Anna Jarvis talked to many politicians including Presidents Taft and Roosevelt hoping they would support her campaign.
Jarvis organized a church service to celebrate her mother in 1908 and Anna handed out white carnations to those in attendance because the white carnation was her mother’s favorite flower. Anna Jarvis’ hard work began to pay off five years after that service in 1913. The House of Representatives adopted a resolution calling for officials of the federal government to wear white carnations on the day many began calling Mother’s Day, the second Sunday in May.
Finally on May 8, 1914 President Woodrow Wilson signed a Joint Resolution designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.
“Now, Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said Joint Resolution, do hereby direct the government officials to display the United States flag on all government buildings and do invite the people of the United States to display the flag at their homes or other suitable places on the second Sunday in May as a public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country.”
That was the first official Mother’s Day and the tradition carries on to this day. In fact, Mother’s Day has flourished in the United States . The second Sunday in May has become the most popular day of the year to dine out, and telephone lines record their highest traffic, as sons and daughters everywhere take advantage of this day to honor and to express appreciation of their mothers. (source: chiff.com)
Be sure to order flowers for your favorite MOM at Eden Florist.
May 3rd, 2009
According to a 2008 Survey done by Constant Contact (an email marketer) Flowers are still the most popular choice when it comes to honoring MOM. And according to the Society of American Florists, Mother’s Day is the top flower holiday of the year.
With the onslaught of advertising done by the Big Three (Teleflora, FTD and 800 Flowers) flowers for mother’s day are on the top of mind choice for most consumers, year after year.
And according to the National Retail Federation, the average spent on flowers by men is $139.00 and by women $110.00. That’s good news to me, because in my shop men have traditionally spent more on their wives and girlfriends for Valentine’s Day than on their Mom’s for Mother’s Day!
At Eden Florist you have a choice of several beautifully designed bouquets starting at $44.95.
Check out the Top Ten flowers Mom’s prefer for Mothers Day at http://www.edenflorist.com/article_info.php?articles_id=32
To check out our full selection of Mother’s Day bouquets, visit: Eden Florist today!
May 2nd, 2009
Administrative Professionals Week History and Objectives
This annual event was originally organized in 1952 as “National Secretaries Week” by the National Secretaries Association (now known as the International Association of Administrative Professionals) in conjunction with public relations executive Harry Klemfuss and a consortium of office product manufacturers. It was established as an effort to recognize secretaries for their contributions in the workplace, and to attract people to secretarial/administrative careers.
In the year 2000, IAAP announced a name change for Professional Secretaries Week and Professional Secretaries Day. The names were changed to Administrative Professionals Week and Administrative Professionals Day to keep pace with changing job titles and expanding responsibilities of today’s administrative workforce.
Over the years, Administrative Professionals Week has become one of the largest workplace observances. The event is celebrated worldwide, bringing together millions of people for community events, educational seminars, and individual corporate activities recognizing support staff with gifts of appreciation.
Today, there are more than 4.1 million secretaries and administrative assistants working in the United States, according to U.S. Department of Labor statistics, and 8.9 million people working in various administrative support roles. More than 475,000 administrative professionals are employed in Canada. Millions more administrative professionals work in offices all over the world.
(Source: International Association of Administrative Professionals)
One of the best ways to honor your assistant is with flowers. Visit EDEN FLORIST to place your order early!
April 15th, 2009
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