From termination to a new perspective: How a chance meeting during a holiday helped resolve a conflict with a former employer

were at my mother-in-law’s seventieth birthday dinner in Rome, surrounded by the amber glow of the Eternal City, yet the only thing I could focus on was the void where my chair should have been.

My husband, Sean, let out a light, practiced chuckle. “Oops,” he said, the sound casual, as if he’d just dropped a napkin rather than humiliated his wife. “Guess continue reading …