Woman’s yellow flower campaign inspiring British Columbians to talk to each other
Sharyn Sadauskas knows – she’s tried.“Once you do that, a wall goes up,” Sadauskas says. “And some of us are better than others at reading body language or social cues.”
“Everyone talks to you,” her mother wrote, painting a picture of the two them at a bus stop – where strangers invariably choose to engage with her daughter. “Sometimes it’s not about telling someone your deepest dreams or fears … it’s as simple as ‘should I go get my fishing rod?’” she says. A 93-year-old woman came over to chat and the two enjoyed a conversation about her late husband and other such topics a nonagenarian might have on their minds.
A Parksville resident, she started stocking the signage at places where folks might stop for a spell in her community.
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