by JD L | Nov 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
To :Be Grateful” or to “Be Kind”, it’s your choice. As The Flowerman was driving his Love Bus the other day a young student walked up the centre aisle to ask The Flowerman a question. He was 12 years old at most. “Flowerman, do you have a...
by John Ludlow | Mar 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
A beautiful woman boarded The Flowerman’s bus with such positive energy and grace, during the trip this woman informed me of her dire health diagnosis yet smiled through it all. She told me that what makes her happy is to bring a smile to someone else’s...
by John Ludlow | Feb 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
In the spring of 2021, a much needed change was required in order to regain my physical health and consequently improve even more my mental health. Weighing in at 300 pounds, a pack a day smoker for 25 years, such poor flexibility that hiring a woman to clip my...
by John Ludlow | Feb 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Picking up a rare day shift at Transit and driving my bus in a severe snow storm, all i could see were weary valley folks struggling to shovel the heavy and massive dump of wet snow. My first thought was what could The Flowerman do to help. Later that day i approached...
by John Ludlow | Feb 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Comox Valley Social Experiment (Facebook group) was initially started to share stories of Love, kindness and paying it forward. Being the creator of this large group it was felt that there was no better candidate to dress up like Cupid and show to the World the power...
by John Ludlow | Jan 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Honestly, there was always an internal struggle within about the Hawaiian Lei worn the last few years. I don’t live in Hawaii, don’t say Aloha, but live on a very beautiful island in it’s own right. Two winters ago, waiting for my passengers to board...
by John Ludlow | Jan 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Over a 15 month period between 2016 and 2017 i found myself involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric ward suffering with severe and debilitating anxiety and depression. One of my last memories of the ward was a conversation with the psych nurse suggesting the use of...
by John Ludlow | Jan 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
I found myself experiencing homelessness in the Comox Valley ironically after fearing homelessness in my old home town of Winnipeg. I was able to rent a hotel room for the first three nights after losing my apartment but the nightly cost was $106.00 and this could not...
by John Ludlow | Jan 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
After my recovery from mental illness, my first job was delivering auto parts to customers for minimum wage. Then soon after i found myself promoted and becoming a parts buyer for heavy equipment where i once again excelled and was bringing in lots of new business. My...
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