When I opened this shop, I had a boyfriend who would help. He would do the heavy lifting and moving displays. Not that candles, cards, and flowers are that heavy, but the flower displays did get heavy. Now I have a new shop and he has a new girlfriend. I’m five feet four inches tall, one hundred ten pounds, with auburn hair to the middle of my back and brown eyes. But for some reason, I cannot keep a guy. So, Claudia’s Ca...

Things at the shop were going very well. Paul was natural with the customers, and he and Dave had started a Tuesday morning, twenty-minute coffee break. I was thrilled that they got along so well. Paul was very attentive to anything Dave would tell him about flowers. I noticed business was picking up and I couldn’t figure out why. The only change I made was hiring Paul. It was a real conundrum. But I know to never look a...

After being drug through the mud by Mother, the rough part of the day was over. Paul and I went over the order form for Tuesday’s delivery. A few customers perused the shop, and I did make a couple of sales. All in all, a good day. We were closing for the day and just wanted to shower and have a cold beer. When we got to the apartment, as always, Paul the gentleman said I should have first dibs on the shower. He said he w...

They say bad news travels fast, shit, so does good news. The very next morning, Mother Bitch comes flying in the front door of the shop. Claudia and I looked in the mirror from the back room and saw it was her. “Baby, do you want me to go out there and deal with your mother?” “Sweetheart, this isn’t your problem.” “Claudia Thomas, almost Jacobs, it is our problem. You have someone who will stand with you and fight. We do...

Since our expansion, business has been very good. The lady that takes care of the cards has even said her sales have increased. She said as soon as she sits down to figure out her new profits, she will increase our compensation. Claudia and I looked at each other and smiled. Claudia told Helen that her compensation was just fine as it was. She was very grateful. Dave our delivery man came for his usual twenty-minute coffe...

Heinrich Rottermann’s great-grandfather started the bakery. Of his three sons, his first son Heinrich II was very interested in the bakery. Heinrich II’s wife blessed him with two sons. His eldest, Heinrich III, loved the bakery. Heinrich III’s wife blessed him with two daughters. No sons, Oh Oh. Heinrich, Henry, was very proud of his daughters. The eldest, Annalise, wanted to go to college, but Ursula virtually lived at...