The Author Guy Blog by Larry B. Gildersleeve
19th July 2024 Hello out there, Welcome back. I want to share an idea with you. Something with which you may already be familiar; perhaps not. It falls neatly into the “it’s the little things that count” category and could make a huge impact in the life of someone near and dear to you. My father outlived my mother by over twenty years, his last two years in his own home in the company of two live-in caregivers – a wonderful mother and daughter team. And during those last two years, my wife and I arranged for something to help since we lived rather far away. We contracted with a national company (there are many to choose from) who delivered a different arrangement of fresh-cut flowers to my father at the beginning of every month. What was the “huge impact?” Well, from memory, at least three things. First, the flowers often remained fresh for more than two weeks, lessening the wait time until the next delivery. Second, the caregivers told us it gave my father something meaningful to...