Hope on February 5th, 2010

I’ve always held a firm belief that everything happens for a reason.  My new quest to find a way to escape the 9 to 5 grind has not been exempt from reaffirming that belief.   It seems that every time I begin to doubt myself, something happens to remind me that I’m on the right path.
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Hope on January 26th, 2010

Last year we bought a used 2001 Ford Excursion.  After the purchase, I started seeing the same vehicle in the same color all over the place.  I’m sure all of these other vehicles were on the road before we made our purchase, I just never noticed them.  It wasn’t until I had one of my [...]

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Hope on December 27th, 2009

The past few weeks have been exceptionally difficult for me.  Two weeks ago my grandmother passed away as a result of complications that come along with Alzheimer’s.  On top of dealing with the grief associated with my grandmother’s death, I was in the middle of an extremely stressful project at my JOB and my ulcers [...]

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Hope on December 14th, 2009

I left the house at 5:45 this morning hoping that I would be able to miss rush hour traffic on my way to work.  No such luck.  At the worst point of my commute, it took me 35 minutes to travel 2 miles.  As aggravating as this brain-numbing snail’s pace travel was, it gave me [...]

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