In the run up to Valentine's day I was helping out in my friend's florist shop and to accommodate the wide range of cards for the coming mad rush, a lot of other greeting cards had been squashed up together on the shelves, some of the categories had become a bit overlapped in the process.
A little elderly lady was browsing the Sympathy card section for quite some time and then came over to me holding a card open and asked me if I could write in it for her because, she explained, her writing was a bit shaky.
Of course, I agreed and glanced at the front of the card as I asked her what she would like me to write.
The words she wanted written were, 'Goodbye Doris, I'll miss you but I know you're going to a much better place' and then her name.
I pointed out that she may have made a mistake and that the cards' sections had got a bit muddled up but to be honest I cant help but think it was probably the best choice of 'sympathy' card Ive ever seen chosen!
So...what was on the front of the card you might be thinking. It was a hot air balloon going up into a sunset sky with the words, 'Bon Voyage! and have a good trip!'
