by melanie | Jul 9, 2014 | Work
…but i’m currently out of the office. I will respond to your email when I return. Out of office emails are poorly formatted , incredibly boring and, truly, a double edge sword. 1. Their immediacy is annoying. Annoying because you sent the email because you...
by melanie | Jun 1, 2014 | Study
63 years on I found this photo of my Grandpa on his graduation day in January 1951 a few years back and pulled it out again last week. I showed my Grandpa who had little to no memory of the day, thinking his mother hadn’t attended as the only photo he had was...
by melanie | May 31, 2014 | Study
“…those were the days.” We’ve all heard it before; your time at university is some of the best days of your life. Yesterday I graduated and upon reflection on the past five years, I can confidently say it has been. But University was more than the passport stamps I...
by melanie | May 18, 2014 | Faith, Relationships
Last weekend I was taken by surprise. I turned up at a meeting before church under the pretence it was about becoming “more welcoming.” I brought along notes, I even brought along hot chips. It was a conversation I was ready for. But as I looked around the...
by melanie | May 13, 2014 | Work
As I waited in the shadows for two guys, a truck and a tree, I saw her. Unbeknown to the stress her visit caused my 9.5 hour day, she glanced up from her phone as she took a few more steps toward me. As the tree was lowered to the ground from the truck tray, she...
