Orchids & Onions (December 14, 2012)

• Ms. Wenzler's fourth-grade class at Richards Elementary for the pretty, hand-painted Christmas ornaments with encouraging messages donated to Cancer Care Center patients, from a patient.

• Betty Poynter, mom, for coloring my hair after a long day at work, from Connie.

• Ronnie's Body Shop for the amazing job you did on my Malibu, from Stephanie.

• whoever decided on the beautiful lights on Second Street Bridge on Wednesday evening.

• Taylor Brothers for making our Christmas brighter and for being such a caring and generous company.

• Onions toâ€¦

• the man in the brown truck parked in the handicap zone at Walmart who backed into the car behind him and left.

• basketball coach for working players hard in practice, then not ever playing them.

• people who think you can have too many Christmas decorations.

• The Republic carrier in the East Columbus vicinity who drives through our yard to put our paper on our porch.

• foreign-language teacher for showing extreme favoritism to certain students.

• those who try to equate smoking with drinking when one affects surrounding people and one does not.

• churches that have no decorations commemorating the birth of Christ.

• unfriendly people at the convenience store.

• parents who allow children to wear black and walk to school in the dark.

• rude and rowdy audience members at Wednesday's high school choral concert.

• minister of the church who continues to bully staff.