15/03/2026
Every year once the butterflies are out there and being found, we always tend to have a significant story or two come out. Whether it be poignant, meaningful, heartwarming or otherwise. This year we have a couple of stories to share. Our first one is this and this year it amused us greatly 🤣
Hopes Grandad placed one of her butterflies at Howdens at Bridgnorth. That evening, he ran into a member of staff from there, whilst at the local supermarket. Grandad asks "So, have you found any butterflies?". The lady replied "yes" but as Grandad explained all about Hopes butterflies, she became clearly puzzled and increasingly confused by the story. Grandad didn't think too much into this and they went on their way!
The following day, Grandad visits the store again (he's clearly a very loyal customer!) and the gentlemen behind the counter were laughing and keen to share their funny story with him. It turns out, during the morning, the day before, the team had found a deceased butterfly in their warehouse. It was apparently extremely beautiful with many colours so they had carefully laid it out to get a closer look at this fascinating creature. Grandad had then shared with the staff member in the evening that we have hundreds of them that we put everywhere. The staff at Howdens were so concerned and shocked to discover that (what they thought) the customer they thought they knew so well and his family, we're planting hundreds of deceased butterflies everywhere each year in Hopes memory! They all found the real explanation much more heart-warming and everyone was able to have a good laugh about the misunderstanding with much relief mixed in! 🤣🤣
The truth behind the story had come out when one of the delivery drivers had been lucky enough to find Hopes actual butterfly and showed it to the team 🦋😂
