Parsons Florist

08/16/2024

Orchid sale! Ontario grown double stem or waterfall. Premium grade.

07/27/2024

07/27/2024

Sneak peek at this weekends wedding!

07/25/2024

So very summery. For a very special lady.

07/24/2024

Locally grown Dahlia’s! While supplies last! Buy the stem ;)

07/19/2024

A fantastic update on Bea’s surgery today! Thank you for all your prayers!

07/18/2024

Update on baby Beatrice. All prayers are welcome tomorrow on this very important day! Thank you all so much for your continued support of our wee niece in this horrendously huge journey!

Yesterday was a long day with a few twists and surprises, but Beatrice did an amazing job. She has been cleared for surgery tomorrow!

After her MRI, we met briefly with Dr. Milford. She is a urologist and the surgeon who will be preforming Beatrice's procedure tomorrow. She reviewed the preliminary scans and said that from what she could see, the tumor had responded as drastically internally as it had externally, which is such an answer to prayers. We will be briefed by our oncology team on the full findings of the MRI scan tomorrow.

It will be a bright and early morning, and Beatrice is due to arrive in hospital at 6:15 am. Her surgery is scheduled two hours later. The goal is to remove as much of the cancer as safely possible, with radiotherapy beginning once she has recovered to kill any remaining cancer cells.

The scan showed significant improvement in the swelling of her lymph nodes, but there are still a couple areas that may be positive. Biopsies will be preformed on these nodes tomorrow.

Beatrice may require a colostomy. This would be a temporary measure until her incisions have healed to protect against further damage to the area and infection. Our surgeon would like to avoid that if possible. She won't really know if it is necessary until she has begun the procedure.

There are a couple concerns for Beatrice. One, being that there might not be enough skin to fully close the wound. This would require special dressing and wound care. Two being the risk of infection. Dr. Milford doesn't anticipate any issues with significant bleeding now that the blood flow to the tumor has been reduced, but there is always the possibility that a transfusion would be needed.

Tomorrow will be a long and anxious feeling day. I am dreading the moment when it's time to give her a kiss and wave goodbye. The waiting. Not knowing what is happening or if she needs me. It is one of the worst feelings in the world. I trust our team, I know she is in the very best of care, but that feeling of helpless and restless waiting is quite literally the worst.

Please be praying for my girl tomorrow. Pray that the Lord will be with Her, guiding the hands and hearts of her team. Please pray that the surgeon will be able to remove the cancer in full, with minimal damage and additional procedures. Please pray that her recovery would be swift, and without complication and that nothing can take the light from her eyes or the smile from her face.

Thank you for being here friends ❤️

07/18/2024

Coffee in the front garden before work today.

07/16/2024

Who needs some sunshine today?

07/10/2024

Around the Parsons’ Garden today.

07/08/2024

It’s Bloomin’ Hot! New! Send a cold iced coffee/tea and some cool flowers with this new addition to our Budget Friendly Flowers ! What a great way to beat the heat!

06/29/2024

Closing early today so we share time much needed family time. Here until 1:00 (one last pick up). See you Tuesday!

06/25/2024

To our mono customers. New proposed by law will make it illegal for us to deliver flowers to you on the weekends and so much more. Please read the proposed by law and fill out the survey. Oh and we hope none of our customers want to move to or from mono on the weekends either as that’ll be illegal too. We deliver so many flowers to our amazing mono residents. Many of whom are not home during the week as they work. This could seriously affect those living in mono.

Listen up! 👂 We need your input on a proposed Noise Bylaw. The bylaw provides days of the week and times when activities such as lawn maintenance and the operation of tools can be done. Have your say and take the survey! townofmono.com/noise

06/22/2024

Yes we make corsages. This is an example of an artificial botanical bracelet. It’s on a bracelet which fits each wearer perfectly! From a 4 year old to a 100 year old old!

06/19/2024

A team effort with our summer camping display at . Gotta love camping season!

06/15/2024

It’s Father’s Day weekend. Yes we have Weber barbecues!

06/11/2024

Pastel bridesmaids dresses and a combination for the bride. Yes we can do that.

06/07/2024

Pocket square boutonnière. Super easy to just slide in place.

06/07/2024

Sneak peek at one of this weekends weddings….brides colours are cream and Merlot. Handle is finished after another watering. Yes this bouquet has a completely hidden watersource.

06/06/2024

Can we just say how amazing our Ontario orchid grower is?!?! Each bloom has a face! Triple spike! You should see some of the others!

05/28/2024

Baby Bea update!

Beatrice has had a wonderful week. She was quite tired and nauseous after her chemo last week, but thankfully it quickly passed. Bea is not quite walking independently, but she's discovered a newfound love of climbing. She climbs into her rocking chair, onto the sofa, and up over the coffee table where she happily (and rebelliously) plays in the soil of the forbidden houseplants. Beatrice's favourite food this week has been pasta, and as you can see, she thoroughly enjoys it! This girl turns tomato sauce into a whole facial experience. Perhaps that's the secret to her flawless, youthful glow!

Her older brother Timothy accompanied us to the hospital for her bloodwork on Thursday. He loves Beatrice so much. He told me earlier this week that he wished he could be a white blood cell so that he could fight off infections and protect Beatrice. When Bea and I are away, it can be difficult for my other children, as they are used to having me home. A cancer diagnosis can affect siblings in a deep and profound way. A burden which I wish they didn't have to carry. Timothy says he would like to be a Doctor when he grows up so he can help treat children with cancer (of course he also wants to run an animal shelter, live in Africa and be rich, haha!) Beatrice's blood counts looked great on Thursday.

Tomorrow we will go back to the IWK for the morning to re-check her counts and have her Vincristine administered. Days 5-12 following chemotherapy are the highest risk for neutropenia, so please join me in praying that her counts are good and we can get through this cycle without additional hospitalizations.

Thank you for all your prayers, support and lovely comments. I read each one, and they are so precious to me! Last week a friend mentioned that they were praying for Beatrice at his church prayer night. One of the ladies attended from a different church and she said that she knew of baby Bea through her church prayer group. It is absolutely humbling and astounding to hear about how many people are standing behind our sweet girl.

05/25/2024

We’re growing like a bad w**d after a great rain. Fast and furious and it means taking on a designer. Creativity, quick to catch on. Who knows this person? Have them pop into the shop.

05/24/2024

Prom is upon us!

05/16/2024

Tulips and daisies. This weekend only! Starting Friday May 17th. Buy one get one free! While supplies last. And they won’t last long!

05/12/2024

Yes! We are open today! 9-4! See you soon!