The flowers

This past Friday, I received a phone call from a woman whose daughter had become engaged a week ago. She thanked me for the flowers I had sent to her and invited me to stop by at her apartment the following afternoon for a gathering of friends and family in honor of the new bride.
I accepted the invitation graciously but the only problem was that I hadn't sent her flowers. The following day, the woman pointed out the beautiful flower arrangement that I had bought and thanked me once again. I explained to her that I hadn't sent the flowers as I wanted her to be given the chance of thanking the person who had indeed sent the flowers.
I heard one woman say that she had wanted to send flowers but, when she called the Jewish florist in the neighborhood, she told her that she had been so inundated with flower orders for the family that she didn't have time before Shabbos to make up another order.
Yesterday I told a woman who involved in collecting money for poor brides that I would like to donate to her organization. After I made a contribution, the woman gave me a card in which I wrote that, although I hadn't sent flowers, in honor of the engagement, I had made a contribution to an organization involved in hachnossas kallah. I dropped the card in the bride's mailbox shortly thereafter.
This morning I read about a special organization involved in collecting money for poor brides. Perhaps you would like to read the article and be inspired to make a contribution.