As I sit here tired as can be from the longest week from hades, I have to answer this so if there is misspells, I don't wanta hear about it,
FWOAC,,,Well here goes, and I don't want to start anything, but I think everyone should think about this,
When I opend my shop, Yes I had a clue about business, flowers, decorations, weddings, and party's even death, I knew it all, but in the first year, Was a little hard, because of all that was going on, when the next years came, I still knew it all , but I went to every class, took all the tests, cause I was the Queen I knew it all, and wanted it all, Then the years passed, I still knew it all, Now the truth, Yes flowers are preety, smell good, look good, and darn it is hard work, No one prepared me, for all the ups and downs, of it all, The work came easy, the flowers took a life of there own, The FTD/TF/AFS/Redbook /Carrik, orders they all came in, hevens they were wanting us to do it, all, Well I did it all, then one day someone came to the door, and just lost a child, and heavens , I was a total mess, crying harder than they were, so I became a FWOAC, I tried to be brave, and to be something , I wasn't, this was not going to be the end of the great Queen, so then so everyday, I have people coming and going, and heavens, things are so preety, and the people come in death is lurking, but I keep making those funeral arrangments and crying with each customer, and the weddings, well, I was so happy doing them, and lordy the work kept coming so all is well in fairy tale land of flowers, So one day, I sent a sheet to my wonderful customers telling them, that I can't carry on, well, the letters came pouring in the door, SO they all told me about the FWOAC, so then after a short while, I go back, and share all the letters with my wonderful staff, and said" I can conquer this, head on" So then we are back full force, you see I am seating a chair at this point hardly able to work, So that made me a FWOAC, But the meaning of all of this, is , These darn flowers, are that of emotion, I don't care if you are selling crap on a cracker, YOu better say these words all the darn time, and you won't fall in to the FWOAC,
Thank you. Thank you for stoppin by hand them a flower, CLean your store, ask yourself, would I want to shop here? Do you offer yourself to your customers, or are they just that a customer? Don't judge, just do it, and be proud of it, and no matter what your style is , it doesn't matter, I learned everything I forgot this weekend, Sometimes we all need swift kick to relize things, and I know after this weekend and week. I am truely blessed, and have always know that, and now I know it more than ever, SO when you think, FWOAC, Think of yourself as the person you are, and not to judge, and everyone has something to offer to others, that is the truth, and you shall never be a FWOAC, and sometimes, I have to admit, I have thought that in my mines eye, but then darn, God gave me knowledge to share all that I have become, and to make sure that I continue to do so, I sometime and still do have that FWOC, but when I really think of it, I am no florist, I am someone who shares in the joy's and sorrows, of others, So I can't judge, but I am proud, of all that I am able to give, yeah I cry and laugh, So when I am on the phone with that florist this morning Who cried with me , when I gave her that order, I know in my heart she is a florist with a clue to be human, she is saying she is so emotioanal for crying with me, But I know in my heart, she does have a clue, she may not have know all the flowers that I wanted, but she will be succeful in all that she does because she is human. and we all make mistakes, and sometimes do great wonderful things, It is no what you do, but what you didn't do that makes the world of difference, So on the FWOAC, I am one of them, and yes I do call and ask for confirmation, So blessings to all of you who have taken the time to read this, and I am truely blessed, as a FWOAC.
