What the Duckies!

January has a way of settling in quietly. The days are shorter, and even the most resilient among us can feel the weight of the weather. Which is why, every now and then, a small act of unexpected joy feels nothing short of essential.

Just before heading off on maternity leave, our staff member Mackenzie Robinson was confronted with a most serious situation: an alarming and highly organized infestation of duckies in her office. They appeared, she reported, to be intelligent, strategically hidden in the cleverest of nooks and crannies. There appeared to be eight. And counting.

Her formal request for intervention landed in my inbox with the appropriate urgency:

“I have an urgent matter I must bring to your attention… Perhaps they will take over the entire Landing Strong office… Or worse.”

We may never know who the culprit was…staff member? Landing Strong community member? A rogue duckie syndicate? But what we do know is this: it made us laugh. Out loud.

There is something quietly powerful about random fun. It reminds us that joy doesn’t need to be earned, scheduled, or justified. Sometimes it simply shows up; small, absurd, and smiling back at us from behind a filing cabinet.

At Landing Strong, we do serious work. We hold heavy stories. And precisely because of that, moments like these matter. They bring light into dark months. They connect us.

So, here’s to the duckies, wherever they came from, wherever they may still be hiding. And here’s to embracing moments of unexpected joy, especially when winter feels long.

After all… what the duckies!

P.S. baby, mom and duckies are all doing well

Warmly,

Belinda Seagram, Ph.D., R. Psych.
Executive Director, Landing Strong