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

Valentino gown I had purchased specifically for this night—a dress that cost more than my first car. As I applied my makeup with steady hands, I studied my reflection in the vanity mirror.

Five years. Five years of trying to twist myself into shapes that would fit into their world. Five years of swallowing insults, of accepting crumbs of affection, continue reading …