Sometimes we don’t need a New Year’s resolution, we need to just move forward.
On this day three years ago, I was launching a new chapter in my career. Which didn’t work out.
I loved public service and wanted to serve again.
Two days before I announced my run for office, my teen son was taken to the emergency room with a sports injury in Massachusetts.
The day before I announced, my teen daughter was placed in precautionary quarantine for Covid exposure, in Massachusetts.
A week after I announced, my son was placed in quarantine with Covid.
Two weeks after I announced, my daughter contracted Covid and I had to drive eleven hours (remember when you couldn’t get on a plane) in a massive snowstorm to get her.
The waning days of the pandemic were blowing up my campaign – from seven hours away.
But it was a family emergency that took me out of the game entirely.
I was crushed, but I had to walk away.
It was a full year before things started to get back to normal.
Just as I was catching my breath, my mother died, which wouldn’t have been a big deal because we had been estranged most of my life…
But my special needs sister, Leslie, came to live with me. And she needed a level of care beyond what I could’ve imagined.
I know many of you have seen your own challenges over the last few years. Just know I see you.
As you’ve shared your mishaps and detours, I have felt your pain.
Instead of a New Year’s resolution, I’m going to encourage you to Find Your Forward!
Dust yourself off, take a deep breath, and try again!
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The Power of Showing Up
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