Espy got her first flower and is well on her way to the second! I walked into the office on Monday morning, and there Melanie, Nadia and Roshonna were by the desk talking. When I walked in the room, they quickly pointed to Espy… And. My. Jaw. Dropped. First…her bloom came quicker than I had …
Espy…growing, growing, and yup, growing some more
Espy is knocking our socks off. I realize she isn’t the first amaryllis to grow in the manner she has, but she’s ours, and she’s the one we watch…and she’s amazing. She grew from 41.6 last week to a stunning 59.5 cm in 7 days. Thats about 18 cm in a week. More than 2.5 …
Heavy hearts…and perspective
The tragic loss of lives at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut has stirred many people deeply…in a variety of ways. We see grieving parents and identify with the loss, school children wonder about safety and have fears as the vulnerability of life becomes very real, and others rise up in anger at injustice …
Funness
I have seen few therapists take the craft of therapy as seriously as Rod Minaker does. When he takes on a new area of counselling, he invests heavily in resources and devours them…he understands the new model inside and out. When he meets a new client, that client has his full attention and I know …
Melodious Creativity
Has me be grateful for what I have…makes me think twice about wanting “more”…has me honor and admire those who create beauty and loveliness out of nothing, has me be inspired to create joy out what I find right immediately around me, convinced that it is totally possible… Wow!
Espy’s got style!
Espy has continued to be a cool conversation piece around the office…these amaryllis plants are enough to shock anybody with their amazing growth… Espy was 22.3 cm 2 weeks ago… a week ago she was 31.0 cm and on Friday she was up to 41.6 cm… Ah-MAZE-ing I have to admit though, the growth of …
The One Thing…
…is hopefully that people can try to take away, I guess, is the relationships they have with people…when you ask someone how they are doing, do you really mean it? When you answer someone back how you’re doing, are you really telling the truth?… We live in a society of social networks and twitter pages …
The Value of Fun
I remember a good friend telling me, in a difficult time of life when I was stressed and struggling, and wondering how to make it through a day that when I cooked spaghetti for the tribe and I should throw a strand towards the ceiling to find out it is was cooked. I looked at …
The Hairbrush Blues
Sometimes, a strategy to solve one problem works really well, but, over time, creates another problem. Let me illustrate. For the past several months, when I get into the car, I put the key in the ignition and hope it will turn. Sometimes it does. Sometimes it doesn’t. When it first didn’t turn.–like it doesn’t …
A different face of empathy
I’m thinking many of you will find this answers a question or two that’s been been asked often in your relationship. Spend 90 seconds of your day here, and see if this doesn’t have a small part of you go, “Oh, so that’s why….”