Barbara Cook's Page

My boss has a very bad habit of using cuss words when she gets upset! Cuss words make my stomach crawl so I decided to buy her suckers so that when she feels like she is going to cuss, she will put a sucker in her mouth. I make sure she is never out of suckers! Her favorite flavor is lemonade by Jolly Rancher. This has worked for five years now and she is about to retire next year and I’m sad about it. This morning I brought her two sour apple blow pops and she was very happy! She has cut down… Continue

My grandmother, Minnie Lee Cook, died on December 19, 1998 and my grandfather died on February 19, 2004. Both of them raised me from an infant and they instilled in me the Golden Rule, do unto others as you would have them to do unto you.



One day my grandfather gave me a cupcake and I took it outside and shared what I had with my friends. He was very impressed that I wasn't selfish and that I took what little I had and shared it with many.



Giving is in my bones and it… Continue

I work with adults with long-term mental illness, one day I had to go to the grocery store for the company to buy pillboxes. The grocery store was giving out bouquets of fresh flowers. When I arrived back at my office, there was a young lady about 35 years old, sitting on the couch waiting to see her case manager. She saw the beautiful bouquet of flowers in my hand and she said, “I’ve never received a bouquet flowers before.” I gave her the bouquet of flowers and she died in the hospital the… Continue