Comments | effluvia: And we don't care about the old folks...talkin' bout the old style too

effluvia

And we don't care about the old folks...talkin' bout the old style too

Aug 14, 2009 12:37

A few weeks ago I wrote a letter of amends to a woman I worked for right before I went into rehab. She fired me for smelling like alcohol on the job. My job was to take care of the elderly and invalid in their homes, so you can imagine that my smelling like cheap-ass, sour wine didn't go over well with the hobbly old folks ( Read more... )

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bogmad August 14 2009, 20:17:21 UTC

That is fucking beautiful and awesome. Congratulations.

effluvia August 15 2009, 07:01:35 UTC

Thank you! I'm still amazed.

monkey1976 August 14 2009, 21:30:35 UTC

thank you for sharing. what an amazing story. the human capacity for change - your capacity for change - is astounding.

effluvia August 15 2009, 07:02:14 UTC

Golly! What can I say except for I really appreciate that!

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effluvia August 15 2009, 07:10:14 UTC

Thank you too!

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effluvia August 16 2009, 23:36:15 UTC

Thank YOU for commenting!

gordonzola August 16 2009, 17:54:22 UTC

That is so great. Congratulations. It's so heart warming to see something like tis happen when so much of the internet is about watching people self-destruct in slow motion. This is awesome.

effluvia August 16 2009, 23:34:24 UTC

I guess I'm reconstructing in slow motion. Or something like that! Anyways, thank you!