Photo Description: A word blog with the middle words "Be a fan of RESPECT" are surrounded by the words INCLUSION, ACCEPTANCE, UNITY and FRIENDSHIP. |
We are in Campbell River visiting family. We both have family here so, including the family we have down island, it's going to be a busy few days. Yesterday I didn't even get into the hotel room until quite late because the visiting started pretty much on arrival. It was fun though, we laughed a lot, chatted a lot and just generally reconnected. We'd been up for a long time but forgot our tiredness in the midst of conversations.
This morning I got up to an email from niece Shannon about meeting up for a cup of tea this afternoon. In the note she told us that she's checked and the place that we were planning on meeting was closed on Sunday but there was another option. She then set about giving us directions to the alternate place.
After the directions were done, she said that we could meet her there or she could come to the hotel and we could "st/roll" over together. I know that, or I'm making a good guess that, as she wrote the word "st/roll" she was smiling. And she should smile. It's cute. I'd not seen this particular play on words and I thought it clever.
That was my first reaction.
My second reaction was quite different. I was really touched. I thought it was more than clever, it was 'inclusion in words' ... it was a nice way of acknowledging that I move differently in the world It was a way of communicating that difference doesn't automatically dismiss togetherness.
In the end I've opted for the st/roll, not because we need help finding the place, but because it's now something I want to do.
Let's go for a st/roll together.
Equality.
Inclusion.
Welcome.
As a word geek, who loves puns, I love this!
ReplyDeletelove it! St/rolling is my new favourite word :)
ReplyDeleteKEWL! :-)
ReplyDeleteword play with inclusion....neat, effective, easy to remember.....hope it was fun.
ReplyDeleteOh yes! I want to go st/rolling now! Acceptance which is also fun!
ReplyDeleteOr like when I am going somewhere on my own, and I never go slowly, I call it a drun which is a combination of drive and run. :)
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