They Fired Me On My 55th Birthday After 29 Years But Three Months Later The Company Was Fighting To Survive

a client appreciation event in 2003. A framed note from a small business owner whose accounting crisis I had helped navigate over a very long weekend. Personal items accumulated over so many years that placing them in a cardboard box felt like compressing a life into a form designed for something else.

I had the roses.

Before leaving, I distributed them.continue reading …