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Persevere My Fellow Pilgrim
The addict in front of me on a Thursday afternoon is free from prison, but according to his Dad, remains in a caged mentality. I happened upon him and his father, randomly crossing paths the day after the 30-year old was paroled. The addiction which led to theft for cash to buy, eventually landed him…
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Lunching with my Grown Up Baby
While pushing a triplet stroller (twins and my third 22 months younger), random strangers regularly offered advice…at the park, at the mall… (when strolling at the mall was still a thing)… wherever I might be causing a scene with a three-seater. Of all the suggestions I politely listened to as a young Mama, the only…
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When I Returned, The Workplace Had Changed
Cultural differences A few years ago, I was working in Human Resources with father and daughter co-owners of a small healthcare company. Having moved to the U.S. with an unlimited cash stream from their home country, they wrongly assumed that money really can buy anything. Payroll was viewed as a gift, resulting in regular demands…
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Are We in “Mid-Life” or on the Back 9?
Speaking in golf terms for my husband, I answer across the room, “we are on the back nine, no longer in mid-life”. He’s not happy. “Why do you have to say that?” We were talking about him turning 60 last summer and me being deep into my 50’s. It’s a hard conversation: acknowledging that we’re…
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