With her girls out the door and off to school, Mary-Sue decided that now was as good a time as any to begin her new hobby.

Now that her girls were teenagers and spent most of their time at home holed up in their bedrooms, Mary-Sue had found herself with a lot more time on her hands. As a result, she’d decided to take up gardening and floristry.

She planted herself a handful of flower bushes to get herself started, and tried her hand at her first flower arrangement. It wasn’t spectacular, but it wasn’t awful either. Mary-Sue couldn’t wait to try more.