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

in Trastevere became the first clear sign of my exclusion. Somehow, the seating arrangement shifted moments before we sat down. I found myself at the far end of the table, separated from Sean by his cousin and an aunt.

Throughout the meal, inside jokes flew across the table like tennis balls—stories of previous family trips to Italy from which I’d been continue reading …