At Everybody Matters we’re not horsing around … except when we are. We consistently think outside of the box and sometimes even into the arena - so we partnered with The Heart of the Matter so our interns could learn about Equine Therapy utilizing the Eagala model. Here’s what it was like, right from the horse’s … whoops, I mean, interns’ mouths:

Being at The Heart of The Matter was a magical experience. I immediately felt at ease and comforted being around the animals and my peers

So, even though I’m the CEO, I still do direct practice whenever I can - you know, if I don’t have a little dried play-doh caked under my fingernails at the end of the day, I’m not sure I’ve been working hard enough. And last week, when a young boy and I were reviewing the progress he’s been making on learning to be a good friend we came across a picture he’d drawn of me the second week we met.

He looked at it and was a little confused and said, “wait, I forgot your gray hair!”

Ever had one of those internships where your supervisor is super talented but also harried and although you are shadowing and kind of learning along the way, it feels a little like you’re just “along for the ride”? That’s usually how it works and it SHOULD work that way because social workers are rushing around solving crises on the daily, and interns simply can’t be their first priority.

Unless of course the interns are at Everybody Matters where they are the PRIORITY ONE.

So, the experts in blogging said, “tell ‘em how this all got started.” Here goes:

Everyone loves to hear an origin story! Apple started in a garage. Potato chips were born when some gold miner accidentally dropped his potato slice in boiling bacon grease (um, I made that up, don’t fact check it!) But you get what I mean! Who thought up Spanx? That sliced bread sure is all the rage!

And so, the origin of Everybody Matters, 101: On an idyllic spring day while riding my unicorn through a meadow dotted with fairies and gnomes (those little scamps) and singing with a trill while

Wait, wait, wait! Don’t read on so quickly. Go back and look at that. That’s the moral of the story: Everybody Matters. Period.

For us, this isn't a talking point. It’s not an opinion. It’s our truth. We imagine a world in which Everybody Matters. Period. I wanted to stop writing after that first line, but…