A Bomb Scare!

My mom called me today at work worried and startled. She got me vexed and anxious. What was the matter? Someone had come to deliver a flower bouquet along with a beautifully decorated vase! I saw no reason to worry and asked her why she was acting the way she was!

Her concern was that there was no reason for anyone to send us flowers as it was not anybody in the family’s birthday and neither was it any occasion to be celebrated. Her main concern was that as soon as the bouquet was delivered, the delivery man disappeared in a glance. He had left in haste and was one of those who seemed intellectually challenged. She thought it was a Bomb? A BOMB??

My mom travels a lot and perhaps she had taken the announcement in the airports advising passengers to avoid touching or accepting unidentified luggage too seriously. Her description of the scenario was so vivid that for an instance I began to imagine the worst. Why would anyone think about bombing us? I advised her to leave it outside the house until I got home. Needless to say, she had not even touched it and it remained where the man had left, all day, in the freezing cold.

When I got home, I slid the card off the flowers. It read, “To our wonderful brother, wishing you happiness always. Your loving cousins!” I brought in the half wilted flowers smiling to myself. It was a wonderful ‘Bomb Scare’ that kept us laughing and will do so for many more years to come!