Life With Others

I started a new job several weeks ago. During my training, co-workers not only provided constructive criticism to help me do my job better, but they also took time to acknowledge what I did well. Those compliments caused me to be excited about my job a …

As a single with no immediate family living close by, my friends play an important role. In the absence of a spouse, a friend often becomes my ride to the airport, deliverer of medicine when I’m too sick to leave the house, and a second set of hands to …

  Last week, I found myself looking forward to another birthday and thinking about the last decade of my life. It’s hard to believe my 20s are now a thing of my past and the next big decade I’ll hit is 40. Yikes, that’s scary. But in the midst of …

I think about the majority of my 20-something years with great fondness. I did a lot, I learned a lot, and (hopefully) I grew a lot.