Tag: life

    • Ghosted by Retail: A Career Obituary

      There are many deaths we experience long before our physical one. Some arrive quietly, without ceremony, and leave us standing in the middle of our lives wondering who we are now that something we loved no longer exists. For me, one of those deaths was the slow, almost imperceptible ending of a career I never…

    • The Day My Ideas Formed a Union

      Confessions of a Recovering Hoarder I am 51 years old, and admittedly, I am a recovering hoarder. Many years ago, a boss told me I had an abundance of fabulous ideas that were being held back by my need to be perfect. At the time, I thought she was talking about work. She wasn’t. Looking…

    • Six Years and a Few More Days

      Six Years and a Few More Days

      The first reflection in my Dying My Way series Some stories take six years to write. Not because the words aren’t there. Because the person writing them isn’t ready yet. This is one of those stories. Years ago, I bought a domain called From the Kitchen Table. I imagined it becoming a place where I…