Here are your kisses and kicks for the week of June 27!
- Hugs and kisses to Dave and Rossana Brackett and Nova (from Buono’s Restaurant), three very special people that helped me after a fall. Thank you all so very much for your care and concern.
- Huge kisses to Greg Grant and the Gibsons Rotary, Murray and crew of Gibsons Tree Services, and the Elphinstone Interact Group (Student Rotarians) for doing such an amazing job of clearing the trees and debris from the Shaw Road side of Christenson Village. It looks fantastic!
- Kisses to the emergency staff at the Sechelt Hospital Sunday afternoon. The fast pleasant assistance was much appreciated. You rock.
- Kisses to the person in the white van ahead of me around 11 a.m. in the Sechelt Tim Hortons drive thru who paid for my order. It was a very nice surprise and made my day. Thank you, I will pay it forward!
- Kicks to the boat owner who cleaned off their boat of shells and barnacles on the corner of Truman and Dougall in Lower Gibsons on June 17!
- 1 million kisses to Ashley and ALL the teachers and EAs at Robert’s Creek Elementary for the amazing conversations around expectations and boundaries with compassion, understanding, gentleness, honesty and calm. As a fly on the wall, I constantly learn from your language and we are collectively lucky to have you!!
- Many flowery kisses to whomever planted the wild poppies at the end of South Fletcher and all the gardeners and bees making our lives so colourful. My exhausting day is brighter because of you!
- Kicks to the woman on North Road who felt it acceptable to rummage through my backpack. Your lack of acknowledgement of your actions was shameful.
- Kicks to the lady in the small VW with black roof by Gibsons Library at 3 p.m. June 19.
- When someone signals that they are going to back into a parking spot, you’re to stop behind until the car does so, not go around and restrict the move.
- Kicks to the lady who had her two dogs on Soames Beach while she paddleboarded along shore and watched the large one poop on the beach at least three times and she did not pick them up.
- Kisses to the sweetest couple who told me about their friend from 25 years ago who used to beach comb the same section as me and came and took a look at all my finds from the day.
- Kisses to Shane at Clapped-Out Mechanical for your consistent hard work on my vehicles. Your great attitude, skills and labour does not go unnoticed!
- Kisses to Nicole at the ferry terminal in Langdale who helped me make it in time to be by my daughter’s side for the birth of her first child. Thank you!
Email your Kisses and Kicks to [email protected]. The deadline for submissions is 1 p.m. every Tuesday for a given week.
Coast Reporter will run kisses and kicks entries as space permits on a first-received, first-published basis.
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A kick is intended to be an anonymous critique between private parties and may in no way publicly identify an individual, group or business directly or indirectly.
Submissions must be no longer than 30 words. If your thanks or critique is longer, consider an ad in our classified section. The editor reserves the right to edit or refuse to run any submission.
