we want to keep those blossoms nice and fresh. this first-year doctor and her bunch of volunteers collect leftover flowers to be delivered to patients at vcu medical center in richmond, virginia. what kind of difference do you hope these flowers make it is the feeling that they evoke, the sense of happiness and joy and the reminder that other people are thinking about you love, you might say, is sharing the love part of a project she founded in 2019 called the simple sunflower. we are trying to comfort the people who are staying in the hospital, who may be there for weeks on end. thank you so, so much those donated wedding bouquets and center pieces rearranged for patients like connie melzer, getting her flowers early last year while we covering from a heart condition. you re so, so awesome. now you are bringing in flowers, so it is such a big deal. by finding the second life for the flowers that would normally go to waste and bringing them to patients in a very mean