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caroline-paul's picture
Feb.04.2011
I was an editorial assistant at a big legal paper. It was supposed to be a sweet job, a stepping stone to bigger things, but I didn't see the value of articles about promotions, new court appointments and meager scandals. I was bored to tears. I thought, "Is this all there is to working life?...
amy-hammond-hagberg's picture
Oct.21.2008
When our first child was born we lived in a very small, lakeside community in Minnesota. It's one of those villages with lovely winding roads, parks, and sailboats... something out of a Currier & Ives painting. My husband was up in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area chaperoning a group of students...