Publication Date:
2013-10
In 1985, I was down on my luck and backed into a tight corner. A relationship of seven years had ended with a thud in a cliché. My big job in computer software development had sighed to a complete stop. Worse, I had lost every shred of belief in myself both personally and professionally. I was paralyzed by self-doubt and depression. When an out-of-the-blue opportunity came up to move to South Carolina with friends, I didn’t as much jump at it as climb aboard what seemed to be the last train to nowhere.