“Ashley is so wonderful for me I do not know where to start! Perhaps it is best to start with how I respond to people who compliment to me directly about how good she is (when she is not there, mostly, but even when she is). I say, “I know. Ashley is special.”She seems automatically to know when you need help and gives it, but never puts you down while doing so.She notices everything. She does things, then, just like you would do them, not some arbitrary way, or like she would do them.She learns from you freely, but takes no **** (sorry, there is just no other word that fills the spot) either. If she disagrees with you, you dialog about it.She can walk into a room and see what needs to be done and do it.She thinks about aspects of a job that you never would have thought about.She knows how to nag you to do a job that you might not have got done in time, without seeing crabby about it.Ashley can do things. She knows how to use the Bellingham Herald, and can show you how. She can read and set the cat doors so that all cats but one can one can get out, but all can get in. She can glue the pink ears on a mouse toy.She is always where someone needs her to be at any given time.She knows how to satisfy me, the boss that pays her, and the boss that hires her, without any one knowing there was a conflict or anyone getting mad.She keeps your interests and concerns above her own as long as she is with you, even if she knows, or lets you know about them (when asked) are inferior to hers.She is very capable at repeating or translating messages that I had missed or misunderstood on the phone or in person as the result of my progressive hearing loss.I guess that’s a place to start!“
“Ashley is so wonderful for me I do not know where to start! Perhaps it is best to start with how I respond to people who compliment to me directly about how good she is (when she is not there, mostly, but even when she is). I say, “I know. Ashley is special.”She seems automatically to know when you need help and gives it, but never puts you down while doing so.She notices everything. She does things, then, just like you would do them, not some arbitrary way, or like she would do them.She learns from you freely, but takes no **** (sorry, there is just no other word that fills the spot) either. If she disagrees with you, you dialog about it.She can walk into a room and see what needs to be done and do it.She thinks about aspects of a job that you never would have thought about.She knows how to nag you to do a job that you might not have got done in time, without seeing crabby about it.Ashley can do things. She knows how to use the Bellingham Herald, and can show you how. She can read and set the cat doors so that all cats but one can one can get out, but all can get in. She can glue the pink ears on a mouse toy.She is always where someone needs her to be at any given time.She knows how to satisfy me, the boss that pays her, and the boss that hires her, without any one knowing there was a conflict or anyone getting mad.She keeps your interests and concerns above her own as long as she is with you, even if she knows, or lets you know about them (when asked) are inferior to hers.She is very capable at repeating or translating messages that I had missed or misunderstood on the phone or in person as the result of my progressive hearing loss.I guess that’s a place to start!“