Don't you love the way we are all so uniquely gifted? Each of us has something we're good at. Maybe you're a singer, or fabulous with facts and figures. Maybe you can grill a mean steak. Whatever it is, it's yours. You own it.

Me? I knit. To say that I'm passionate about knitting is an understatement. I don't just do it in the winter when I'm stir crazy... I knit ALL the time (even at the beach!). For me, there's something magical about taking a pair of needles and some string and being able to create something that's useful - even beautiful - out of raw materials. I love experimenting with different textures and colors of yarns (and ribbons, and beads, and sliced up bedsheets, and discarded curtain sheers... and... and...) and playing with different patterns and variations of stitches. I am rarely found without a bag holding my current "stash", and while many people wouldn't dream of doing these two things at once, I often am a better listener with needles in my hands. Fiber and fingers combine and the only limit to what they can weave together is my imagination. What others find frustrating, I consider freeing. I'm passionate about it. And I'm good at it (at least that's what they tell me). It's my thing.

I will often come into work dragging along my current "project" (I did tell you I'm rarely found without my stash, right?) and the first thing I do before punching in is to spill its contents out on my friend Pat's desk. I can't help it... I'm excited to share it with her! She oohs and aahs over the latest piece (thank you, Patty!), and insists she would never have the patience for it. I assure her she would, and I'd be more than willing to get her there... but the truth is she may never love knitting the way I do. I can look at a heap of wool and picture in my mind how it will all look as I shape it into what I need, but Pat isn't quite so visionary when it comes to the knitty gritty of it (sorry - that was bad). It's just not her thing.

But I'll tell you what IS one of her things (and there are many!). This woman knows insurance like nobody's business. She can look at a policy that it would take me weeks to decipher and she knows exactly what's in it... what it will cost... what it will cover... how it will work. She can view all the different components of a risk management package and tell you exactly how it all functions together. If you have a claim, Pat works magic as your advocate, pouring everything she has into seeing that you receive the compensation you deserve. She knows insurance. She understands it (and I think she even LIKES it!). She just GETS it. It's her thing.

And our office is filled with people who get it... and who get you. No matter what your thing is, it's important to you, and it's worth protecting. Let us worry about the details, so you can focus on your passion.

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