Senior Moments: Flying solo on a special day

I have to admit to being slightly miffed when daughter Sara arrived at 10 o’clock on my birthday morning. My big plan for the day had been to sleep in so there would be less of the day to deal with. I mean, why not?  It was my second wedding anniversary without George. I was quarantining and I felt way more than a year older.
She set a bouquet of fresh lavender on my dresser and announced, far too cheerfully for her not-a morning-person mother, that that she was going to make me a cup