Hey Friends, I'm planning to do a bunch of these Yeti bowls for our clients for Canada Day this year. The bowls have lids and would be great for taking a salad to a Canada Day potluck, I will have them engraved as shown. I'm looking for a little help with the messaging on the card, not too long as I plan to handwrite them all. Thanks!

A parable about gratitude... Still, She Shines In a quiet village between the mountains and the plains, an unassuming young woman served her community with quiet consistency. She mended clothes for neighbors who couldn’t afford new ones. She prepared and delivered meals to those recovering from illness. She watched over children when parents needed a break or had to work late. She didn’t keep score—she just tried to help wherever help was needed. Most of the time, she was content knowing she was making a difference—whether or not anyone said it out loud. But lately, a question had crept in. Not because people were unkind or ungrateful—just distracted, busy, going through their days. The smiles had faded. The thank-yous had thinned. And she found herself wondering: Does this really matter? One evening, feeling off-center and unsure, she stood at the edge of the village path, hesitating. Her grandmother’s cottage wasn’t far—just a short walk through the trees—but tonight, even that felt like a quiet admission: something inside her needed steadying. She almost turned back - told herself she was fine and didn’t need to bother anyone with something so small or vague. But something in her chest tugged forward. And so, with a soft exhale, she began walking the winding path to her grandmother’s cottage on the edge of the village. They sat by the fire, wrapped in a silence that didn’t feel empty. After a while, the young woman spoke. “I’ve been doing what I always do. But lately… I’m not sure if anyone notices. Or if it even matters.” Her grandmother stirred the fire, then nodded toward the window, where the last light stretched across the hills. “What gives warmth, helps things grow, and shows up every day—even when most people don’t stop to appreciate it?” The young woman followed her gaze. “The sun.” Her grandmother smiled. “Exactly. Rarely do people stop and appreciate the sun. But we count on it. The sun doesn’t shine for applause. The sun shines because that’s what the sun does. And because people know you, and they know your heart, they’ve come to count on you in the same way—because your nature is to

My amazing hairdresser has listened for years to all my crazy stories and we have become good friends. She has been gone on maternity leave for a few months and I have realized how much I miss her easy conversation and her easy skill with my hair. It is easy to come up with a baby gift for someone who has just had a baby but when I truly thought about her and remembered being a new mom, I wanted to thank her for making me beautiful but I also wanted her to feel beautiful. As a new mom you often don’t take time to make yourself beautiful or even take a moment to take a shower or comb your hair. For the first time in your life, you feel completely overwhelmed and out of your element, so completely inadequate. So instead of a baby gift, I wrote a gratitude card. I thanked her for her skill and her attention to detail. I thanked her for being such great listener and storyteller. I thanked her for making me feel beautiful. I encouraged her to take care of herself at least once a day. Do one thing that makes her feel good. I included a gift card to Ulta so that she could buy something to make her feel beautiful and sent it off. I hope it comes at the exact moment she needs it. With Mother’s Day coming up, I am going to focus on the mom’s in my life that make me try to be a better mom and I am going to find meaningful ways to thank them for giving everything of themselves to grow and shape amazing children.

How is everyone after Spring Breaks, Easter etc?

I have been representing the sweetest buyer this month and on Monday, we closed on her forever home. Both the seller and buyer were single women making a huge move to different states to be near their kids and both of them were very stressed. After a few complications, the agent on the other side and I managed to get them to closing but not without some unneeded hard feelings for the seller and the buyer. When I attended the final walk through we found a note from the seller to my client…handwritten on flowery paper. She shared her love of this home and her hope that my client would find peace and joy within its walls just as she had. My clients hard feelings crumbled and she instantly saw what the other agent and I saw, two high stress clients that had good intentions from the beginning. Wounds were healed and my client has already fired off a new note to the seller to thank her and heal the wounds further. I sent a note to the other agent, the seller and to my buyer but it was truly because of the first card in this chain that bridges to friendship and understanding were built.