The Gift of Words Ltd

Words of condolence are always well meant, even though it can take some little time to know what to say to someone who has suffered a great loss.

And, sometimes, no matter how well meaning, we often feel we may have got it wrong; not said quite the right thing in quite the right way. The difficulty, of course, is you can’t really ask the receiver if your words of condolence were, well...

Albeit extremely busy, I couldn't let today pass without a nod to it being World Poetry Day, today. Picking only one of my favourite pieces of poetry is always a 'Mission Impossible' and something akin to 'Sophie's Choice' for me. So, film analogies aside, I have been brave and offer you 'Love After...

Wow! what a ride this weekend was at The Eastern Daily Press Wedding Show 2012.

Always having been behind the scenes arranging big events, I was totally unprepared for the dynamics of actually exhibiting at an event. And as a novice exhibitor arriving to an empty shell (cell?) with one table and one chair spawned a moment of mild hyperventilation and panic.

But every situation...

I imagine an almighty cheer will have gone up from those men who read the Valentine’s Day post on my personal blog ‘Whatever It Looks Like, Just Called The Damned Thing Love And Have Done With It.’ The post where I urged women to look past all the bits that will undoubtedly go wrong on that day and focus, instead, on the intent of their bumbling man. The intent being...

Dude, you've done it! You’ve got this thing sewn up so tight ain’t no way, no how you’re ending up in the dog house again this Valentine's Day.

Two dozen red roses to arrive at her workplace, and guaranteed to make all workmates jealous as anything? Tick

Candlelit dinner booked at Tres Cher for 8.00pm? Tick

Limousine arranged to pick up the...

For my first post for The Gift Of Words blog, I felt I had to recount the first gift of words I compiled commercially, and not merely because it was a very unexpected sale but also because it came from the most unlikely person.

I remember it was a too busy day and the last thing I wanted to be doing was talking to a chatty Technician over the telephone about why my brand new telephone...

Hello. My name is Melinda Fargo and I am the Managing Director of the unique retail company, The Gift of Words Ltd.

I have a singular passion for words and their ability to transform the human condition and, specifically, how words can be used to powerful affect to recognise the people we inhabit the world with. To make others feel significant and, as far as is possible, in...