PaulPallazola
Late June, 1983. Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Summer began and I went from unemployed to underemployed before the week was out. I wasn’t too worried, two agencies were offering me hours and while I checked out the possibilities I had time to hang out with friends, and most surprisingly, Karen, my former boss. Karen was a Wisconsin native who had studied at Syracuse University learning from Social Role Valorization Guru Wolf Wolfensberger. She was brilliant & fearless. I had just gone through what I called “my quarter of a century crisis”- a point after years of feeling invincible I came to terms with the fact that there were some limits to what I could do and how I could live.
I had gone through a pretty wretched couple of months getting off cocaine, fumbling in relationships and coping with the rapid fire deaths my best friend’s kid brother, my friend and co conspirator Gina, and my Godmother/ Moral Compass Calibrater Madeline. In a nutshell, I wasn’t too sure of myself. Suddenly I’m at the Gloucester Train Station meeting Karen and not knowing where we’ll go next. Karen arrived with a smile and a sense like she knew me better than I did. After a few kisses I was certain she did.
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Thank you for sharing this story and the nice title of your blog hits the spot.
Thank you very much Deepizzaguy 🙂
You are welcome PaulPallazola.
Thanks Bradley. Having folks like you read it makes it a pleasure 🙂
Glad you are here to tell us of the stories you experienced.
Thank you Carol. I guess one of the blessings of age is we have time to tell the stories we were to busy living to record as they happened.
I love stories, especially triumphant real life narratives. I’m a sucker for love stories but you already know that. Thank you for sharing a part of your life.
We are only immortal for a limited time
Truer words seldom spoken…
The wisdom of Geddy Lee is both subtle and profound
Interesting story!Thanks for sharing
Thank you for your comment Branka 🙂
Yes special kisses can do all that just like true love can hmmmm
Yes that’s true LaJenna 🙂