NOVEMBER ISSUE 2025
“I worked a few jobs. This one particular job I had was at the mall doing housekeeping in maintenance. I did that job so long and so well that I got promoted to training the new . . .”
“My story doesn’t have any fame or fortune. Maybe a little resilience and joy in the small moments. I hope reading it might make you smile or maybe even remind you of . . .”
“I grew up in the Bronx with working parents. My father had a barbershop, and my mother was a domestic worker. Education was considered primary in our . . .”
“I didn’t have what you’d call a good childhood. My mother was an alcoholic, and my father died when I was young from asbestos-related cancer from his work . . .”
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