Chiropractic Economics Blog

All businesses have behind-the-scenes people who are indispensable to their operations. The public never sees these individuals, but without them, companies would fail to function. Our business is no different. One of our key “hidden” staff members is our controller and office manager, Ginny.

Today we say good-bye to her. This morning Ginny lost a three-year battle to cancer.

Ginny was the pulse of the office. It wasn’t unusual for her to order a surprise breakfast to pick up our spirits if she sensed morale was low. Or to put surprises gifts — a patriotic lei for Fourth of July or sparkling bunny pencil for Easter — on each of our desks, just to put a smile on our faces.

Ginny was everyone’s mother-sister-aunt-friend. I don’t think there was a person in the office who didn’t occasionally sit down across her desk, close the door, and talk when they were feeling down. She listened and cared, even when her troubles were literally killing her.

You may have met Ginny at a Las Vegas Parker Seminars or a Florida Chiropractic Association National Convention. She was the bubbly woman who greeted you when you stopped by to say hello, made sure our booth had an adequate supply of magazines, and answered your questions about subscriptions.

“They” say no one is indispensable. I suppose that is true, in one sense. We will hire another person to do the work Ginny did, so accounts will be billed, and payroll will be processed. But the office where that work is done will always be Ginny’s office.

Good-bye, good friend. We miss you.

Until next time,