As a florist for 35 years, with a license plate that reads REDROSES, it was a no brainer to take Advice From a Rose:
Make new buds and look past the thorns: We were all kind of lost and down, and together we were able to look past the pandemic and stay together through Zoom.
Beauty stems from within: The talent, patience, cooperativeness, interaction, connections, rapport, engagement made it possible to move through and beyond our quarantines.
Live in full color: Meet in the park, see each other in person, share laughter and jokes, even get to touch! Tell your friends about MWI and help build our membership.
Tend to your garden with care: Patience. lots of patience, lots and lots of patience, build relationships.
Wait for your time to bloom: Observe, watch carefully, listen...take criticism seriously but not personally. Keep informed and when something strikes your fancy, please step up and become involved. Attend study groups, help with Community Service, chair a fundraiser, lead a study goup, attend board meetings and step up to become a member of the board. The more involved you are, the more people you will meet, the more friends you will make, the better your life will become.
Cultivate happiness: The things that make us different are the things we should celebrate. It is together that we will bring MWI back stronger and better.
Our new Executive VP, Judy Fischman is not into flowers and roses and plants of all kinds, but...if you need something done tomorrow, by this evening, or in only an hour, you will not find anyone more willing, more efficient, and more supportive to work with. And...it works so well between the two of us because Judy loves the phone, and I communicate best with email and text. In other words. together we make it all work.
I ask for your support and your help. I ask that you work with us for the good of MWI. There is only one direction...and that is forward!
Polly Hammer
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