Orchids to …
• Hope Elementary School for an awesome graduation for the kindergarten class on Thursday morning, from Maxine.
• Daniel and the Chipotle crew for taking my phone order and preparing my only meal in more than 14 hours with such kindness while you were trying to close up.
• Mr. Roberts who was very kind in helping me push my broke-down motorcycle home on Thursday night.
• the man who repaired my lawn mower tire and did not charge me.
• Dr. Benjamin and staff for being so wonderful.
• Becky for the great food and gifts, and for bringing Cassius for the entertainment, from Aunt Joyce.
• Tamara Stone Iorio for her amazing series of books on Columbus.
• Clara Eckert for a great letter on the roundabout.
• Silver Oaks Health Campus for hosting a fantastic paint and pasta night.
Onions to …
• the person who sent me three anonymous letters.
• those who go to churches when they are having a pitch-in or any kind of food.
• the person in line at the school function for rude behavior.
• people who have over-sexualized breasts to the point that they are unable to see them for their primary purpose of feeding a baby.
• those who don’t understand that the only burden people in wheelchairs face is ignorance and a deliberate indifference to their civil rights.
• the news media for — typically — overusing the term “firestorm.”
• the doctors who prescribed my child under-the-tongue drops that are not FDA-approved, have dangerous side effects despite their claims and for which I have to pay as they are not covered by insurance.
• people who need to stop worrying about evil and start worrying about the apathetic.
• the repair shop for charging me a fortune and still not repairing my car.
• whoever grabbed my purse, which had my phone and all of my upcoming doctor’s appointments in it, out of the cart in the store parking lot on Wednesday afternoon.
• those who degrade people behind their backs or speak badly about homeless people so they are able to hear it.
Happy Birthday to …
• Morgan Smith, from your family and Donna.
• Pete Wilkerson, from your family and Donna.
• Jacqueline Speaker, from Joseph Hart Chapter DAR.
• Ray Bryant, Charles Norton, Christina Whites and Montana Link, from the Who So Ever Will Community Church.
• Larry Higdon, from Marian, Jeanette, Imojene, Charlene and the Millers.
• Briley Ballman on No. 4, from Aunt Marian, Aunt Imojene, Shawn, Vicky, Zachary, Lyndsay and Weston.
• Lori Myers, from Mark and Debbie Hartwell.
• Pat Dodd and David Reed, from friends at the Moravian Church.
• Lucas Myers.
• Wesley Martin.
• Julie Michael, from Martha.
• Isaac Burden on No. 8, from Lindsey, Jesse, Anna, Peyton and Malachi.
• Teresa Brown, from Mom.
• Matthew Ritchison, from Mamaw Jan.
• John Blanford, from Emily and John.
Happy Belated Birthday to …
• Jill Newlin, from Lindsey, Jesse, Anna, Peyton and Malachi.
• Sheila Taulman, from Kim King Smith.
