Life is an upstream battle.  Much like the salmon who swim upstream, against the current, to spawn every year, we are all like little salmon in that same stream, fighting amongst the crowds to get where we are going.  For some of us, our destination is a better job, an education, a family, or a …

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I had a friend in high school.  We'll call her Pamela, Pam for short.  No, that's not her real name.  No, I will not make disparaging remarks about her, but I will tell you about how I became friends with her and, more importantly, why I did.  Pam was a year younger than I was, …

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