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In March of 2019, I got a new job. I was desperately unhappy in the job I had at the time, so I just started looking for a new one in February. As with any job that is really worth having, the process from submitting the application to receiving an offer letter was a long…
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My life, like all lives, has been a circuitous road to wherever it may be going. Sometimes there was a somewhat thought out plan about my next move, but mostly I learned how go with the flow. Although flow is a misidentifier. More like I learned how to absorb the bumps and change course. My…
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I follow a well know historian on a social media site. He posed a common question that often appears on days like today. How would the world be different if Martin Luther King were still alive? That got me to thinking. Then I saw an old clip of Dr. Kings final speech and I wanted…
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2023 has been a difficult year. In time, I will look back on this year with the pain of loss, the emptiness of longing and the darkness of heartbreak. Bad times befall every year of life, but those times are usually tempered with the good. Not 2023. I was born the sixth of seven children,…
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How do you manage screen time for yourself? Growing up, screen time was the tv. Computers were for large corporations and as a prop in the tv sho s and movies that we watched. But those didn’t even have screens. Inputted data that came out as code on little cards. If I needed information, I…
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What major historical events do you remember? Historical events is kind of a strange topic in that the reference are so age specific. Not just that, but the sheer number of events remembered are going to vary widely. As well as the significance. Some may think the assassination of a senator who was running for…
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What are you most proud of in your life? My childhood wasn’t exactly the things that dreams are made of. There are many upsides to growing up with a lot of siblings. I learned how to wait, how to share, how to trust and how to fit in. There are also downsides. It was easy…
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What have you been working on? Just over 7 months ago I lost my best friend after a long illness. He was nothing more, but most definitely nothing less. He inspired me to be the best person I could be. Until this weekend, I hadn’t written a thing since two weeks before he passed. We…
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I work in the warehouse of a small company. It is a successful company which has been in business for over 25 years. They have recorded steady growth until the pandemic when practically all businesses suffered major fluctuations. Now, it seems, we have finally achieved some semblance of prosperity. But I fear the future successes…
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Write about a random act of kindness you’ve done for someone. I am not a person very fond of large crowds. Never have been. I remember being a small child at a very large family wedding, probably the largest wedding I have ever been to. It was a family wedding, surrounded and watched over by…
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