We just got a lovely bouquet for my mother from her job.

[conuly]

And to be fair, my mother would've liked these flowers.

On the other hand, she would've also liked snacks. I'm begging you, if you have the irrepressible urge to send something to somebody's house after a death, mine or anybody else's, consider a (culturally appropriate) gift basket. It reminds them to eat, plus they don't have to figure out what to do with food the way they have to do figure out what to do with flowers.

(Also, of late, none of the gift baskets I've gotten have made me cry. Flowers, apparently, are something else entirely.)

Edit: Not, of course, that I don't appreciate nice gestures, but... I'm still a bit too sad to appreciate flowers politely, I guess? Sorry.

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[thewayne]

My friend's wife died suddenly in Omaha - toxic prescription drug interaction/overdose turned off her brain - and they had a food operation that specialized in 'bake and serve' meals! Really good stuff. They were Mormons and I guess the church is clued in, and lots of stuff came over from that place, and we were set up well for some time while I helped him.