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Good morning!
It’s Monday. There’s a small flower shop on our street that I’ve been eyeing every time I walk by. I always manage to talk myself out of something so indulgent. But after this week, I decided that a small bouquet was in order.
As the owner arranged some flowers for me, she asked where I was from originally. When I said the United States, she…