Celebrating Talent…

Grand Opening! Mongoose Jewelry – Online Jewelry Store!A friend of mine, David Light, has recently reopened his jewelry business – Mongoose Jewelry, on etsy.com.This is great news because David is a creative and artistically gifted young adult.

“I’m a recent college graduate with an artistic soul. I started doing chainmaille my freshman year, and have been working on mastering the art for about half a decade now. I prefer to spend more time making fewer pieces, with the goal being perfection and artistic expression within those pieces. I do custom work as well, so please feel free to contact me with ideas.

Everything I create is handmade from start to finish. Not only to I weave the patterns, but I create the rings myself starting with raw wire. Recently, I even set up a studio so that I can anodize my own niobium. I never buy precut rings from a manufacturer. Taking charge of the entire process is certainly more time consuming, but also more rewarding, and gives me a greater deal of control over the finished product”

David also happens to have ADHD, a neurological and biological condition that presents with learning, attention, behavior, and social skills challenges. Despite the challenges, people with ADHD are highly creative. Creativity, I believe, is one of the compensatory strategies that persons with ADHD have.

Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?

For those of you who don’t know me, I work at an accounting firm. This is a very small business (two people and me). My boss and his wife are great people; they are kind and understanding employers.

Unfortunately, they have dealt with an extremely frightening situation that no person should have to deal with. I know that everything is not “okay,” but I hope that something good (however small it is) will result from this devastating news.

Why do horrible things strike good people?