Dear Lysol, I’ve gotcha.
After watching the news, I thought these might come in handy for some folks đ
Dear Lysol, I’ve gotcha.
After watching the news, I thought these might come in handy for some folks đ
SUMMARY: Download a template to print and deliver in your community to offer help – from a safe distance – and let neighbours know how to contact you.
These are extraordinary times. Like others, my first response to tragedy is to try and find something I can do about it. Unfortunately I didnât pursue a degree in epidemiology. But I do have a small suggestion for how we might support each other.
Many folks in our communities are finding it difficult to get the food and supplies they need. Maybe they’re at high risk if they contract the virus. Maybe they are at home with young kids they don’t want to expose to grocery stores. Whatever the reason, this is a time to come together in our communities and help each other out. We need neighbours helping neighbours.
If each of us lets a few of our neighbours know that we are offering help, there will be more care and less panic floating around. Let’s distance physically, but not socially.
By dropping items off on front porches or apartment building lobbies instead of in-person, we can abide by physical distancing recommendations.
But… what if we don’t know our neighbours? Or maybe we don’t have contact information for them. We can’t very well go knocking on doors right now. But we can deliver handouts.
To make this convenient, Iâve made a simple PDF file you can print out, fill in, and deliver to your neighboursâ mailboxes. Challenge yourself to deliver at least 5!
Paper delivery might feel very old-school in this age of social media and texting, but if we stick to electronic communications, weâre going to leave out many of our older neighbours.
Help spread the word! Use these hashtags and share freely: #NeighboursHelpingNeighbours #Covid-19
I attended an event on May 23, 2019, at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre, called Ladies Who Power Lunch. It was a networking event put on by Ottawa’s Ladies Who Lunch. Catherine Landry, CEO and Founder of Call Betty Marketing, runs the group, which has well over 30,000 members on 21 different platforms. Most of us run a small business.
It was so uplifting and motivating to be in a beautiful room with a scenic view, eating delicious food and listening to women support and inspire one another. It’s easy to end up heads-down on your projects and forget to energize yourself with social events. This one was a total boost.
I’ll be back for sure, with friends in tow.
Some of you will already know that I’m out of commission for the summer after a fairly freakish accident. Lots of people have been asking what happened, so I decided to post the scoop.
The night of Sunday July 6, I was at the grocery store. Walking in the banana aisle, I misstepped, rolling my left ankle off my sandal. No actual bananas were involved, much to my chagrin. I went down hard and fast, tearing through ligaments and dislocating my tibia. In a brilliant move, I instinctively tried to get up again. The pressure caused my fibula to fracture and exit through the skin of my ankle. This is called an open fracture. I wouldn’t recommend getting one.
I was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. They sedated me before resetting the bone (pushing it back into place in my leg) and then put a plaster cast on to stabilize my leg until they could do surgery in the morning.
The surgery went well, and I now have the nickname Frankenfoot, due to the plate, screws, wires and staples holding things together while I heal.
I’ll be off my feet (no weight-bearing) for at least another 6 weeks, and will be doing lots of physiotherapy after that time to get my left leg back into action.
Luckily, I have a ton of books on my reading list!