Tag: living in Chicago

• Fifty Years!

  Fifty years ago I was 24 years old. I was a college graduate and had two years of experience teaching English at a small town high school. Early in 1973 I accepted a position as an editorial researcher for The World Book Encyclopedia, located right in the middle of downtown Chicago, and I needed to…

  Marian

  February 23, 2023

  Celebrations, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  50 years, 50th anniversary, Bible study, Calo's Italian Restaurant, heart-warming highlight, inspiring highlight, living in Chicago, Moody's Pub, New Moms, next door neighbor, World Book, World Book Encyclopedia

• The Kindness of Strangers

  In 1970 I graduated from college as a newly minted English teacher. Growing up as a Midwesterner, I had never been to New England, but I thought it would be an interesting place to live, a place with lots of history and literature to discover. I didn’t know a soul out there, but I figured…

  Marian

  September 29, 2012

  God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  bag lady, friendliness of strangers, friends, God’s love, kindness, life challenges, life changes, living in Chicago, living in Connecticut, plainfield connecticut, random acts of kindness, reflections, stranger, strangers, wooden fishing boat