Sky

Sky. Her first day at Evoke was the same day we took over ownership/operations. She had been slinging coffee since she was 16. Full of energy, wisdom, and maturity beyond her years, she took flight from Evoke a month ago, but I think of her as one of my own and a friend.

I’ve never been able to follow the advice that you can’t be friends with who you supervise. Life is too short and our time spent working is too long not to invest in and love people.

If you’d have asked me 20 years ago what I would be doing at 50, never in a million years would I have told you it is what I’m doing now. And as I spent the morning hanging out with Sky in the shadows of the city I used to moved around in heels and power suits trying to save the world and build a name for myself … it was not lost on me that I was most happy wearing flip flops, comfy clothes while talking philosophy, faith, adventure, coffee, art, and healing our souls.

And Sky also gave me a belated birthday gift - her time, penned words, and a vintage Polaroid she picked up for me from a thrift shop in Oregon.

Namaste.