An odd Mother’s Day gift …

I went to my business mailbox today and there was a long thin package from FedEx waiting for me.  Since I hadn’t ordered anything, I couldn’t imagine what I’d been sent.

When I opened the box, there was a single, fresh, long-stemmed, white rose with a Happy Mother’s Day note in the box with the rose.  A handwritten note, no less.  Now the unusual aspect of the gift is who it came from.  You’ll never guess.

Since you’ll never guess, I’ll tell you:  The rose was from TiVo.com.  Yep, the TiVo company sent me a rose for Mother’s Day, complete with a personalized, handwritten note saying that they liked reading The Simple Mom blog.

I fully realize that it’s just a ploy to get me to blog about their gift (and hey, it worked!)  , but I have to admit that it brightened my day considerably.

Knowing that Mother’s Day is coming up is actually sort of sad for me.  My husband used to always take the kids shopping for special Mother’s Day gifts and cards for me, but since his diagnosis, etc., that sort of thing is now a thing of the past.  I know that for the most part, Mother’s Day is just a lot of hype and a lot of people feel a little disappointed or let down when their reality doesn’t match the hype in greeting cards or television commercials.  I guess for me, it’s just one more reminder of how much life has changed and how much I’ve lost the past few years.

Anyway, the silly TiVo rose made me smile … even if they were only thinking about me for publicity purposes, it was touching that someone actually sat down and wrote out a longish note to me personally, even though they don’t even know me.

That’s kind of pitiful, isn’t it?   Sigh …

Here’s a photo of my rose (and yes, that’s a TiVo stamp of some sort on one of the rose petals … LOL!):