Author: Josie

I hated life back in our home state. I grew up in a tiny town where you couldn’t hide secrets from anyone. My graduating class consisted of only a handful of people, all of which I had known since elementary school. I would dream about the afternoon of finally getting out of that locale to […]

My buddy could not wait until the two of us took our items to the hotel. I wanted to get out of neighborhood for a few days after our bestie & I broke up. I was frustrated & sad & I just needed a change of scenery… My bestie said she would join me if […]

My friends plus I toil at a seafood restaurant down by the water in Tampa Bay, but the restaurant has been open since the 1940’s, but the whole building recently had renovations, and when the renovations were completed, the size of the restaurant was doubled. They hired more staff to help plus our associate plus […]

Living in Phoenix in the summers was irritated for me. I had moved to that neighborhood from the northern midwest so I could attend the University of Phoenix. I stayed after graduation because I definitely landed a wonderful job in the sprawling metropolis. Phoenix is a fun neighborhood in some regards, but I couldn’t handle […]

Before living in Toronto, my wife and I were real estate agents in Sarasota, Florida. We saw our rent climbing every year and worried if we could keep up. The real estate industry was getting tighter because there were fewer properties available to meet the demand of the new buyers. You could have a dozen […]