When Being Capable Isn’t Enough
I was very good at being her. The capable one. The ambitious one. The one who could figure things out. The one people came to when things were complicated. The one who kept going. And, if I’m really honest, the one who had become a little too good at working. For nearly 30 years, I […]
The Unexpected Order of Life
I’m Sharon, and I appear to have built an entire life out of doing things in the wrong order. I dropped out of school because of an abusive stepfather and did what a lot of us did back in the 80’s, whatever job would have me. Retail. A clothing sweatshop factory. An apprenticeship as a […]