Category: Flight
Lessons from Boston
Mile five. It was only mile five of the 26.2 miles that stretched out from Hopkinton to Boylston street and every part of me knew that this day was going to be a fight to the end. I knew I would have to dig deeper within myself than ever before and test limits that I [...]
Plow to the End of the Row; One Woman’s Perseverance in the Writing and Publishing World
It was 2004. While driving to meet my writing group, I happened to catch an interview on the radio with Adrienne Young, a folksinger just starting out. She talked about her first album, inspired by some advice she’d gotten while struggling to make it as a musician: “If you want to do this with your [...]
Giving Birth at Home
When I found out that I was expecting my first child, I was overjoyed. I knew that being a mother was my calling in life. And like any new mother-to-be, I immersed myself in the world of birthing information readily available to us information-age mothers. After spending countless hours doing research and talking with other [...]
Giving Your Time Reaps the Greatest Rewards
“We make a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give.” –Winston Churchill When I got my first professional job out of college, I remember feeling a pang as I realized I was about to enter the corporate world. My college years had formed me into quite an idealist, [...]
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