My friend at silverorange has written a beautiful tribute to his mother and her contribution to his life and our company.

Martha was kind and generous to all of us in the early years of silverorange.

About 18 or 19 years ago, she had an 1978 Volvo station-wagon sitting around that she let me borrow one winter. The only catch was, I didn’t know how to drive a manual transmission.

Martha didn’t seem to think this was much of an issue. She’d just teach me how to drive it when she dropped it off for me. There in the UPEI parking lot, my friend’s mother showed me how to drive a manual transmission so I could borrow their extra old car for six months.

She was a special person. See Nick’s full tribute: A Mother’s Mentorship.