by Hollye Dexter | Aug 10, 2013 | hope through adversity, hopelessness, job search, joblessness, life lessons, poverty, recession, surviving disaster, Vicki Harrison
After sending out over 200 resumes and getting no response, in a moment of quiet desperation, a young woman named Vicki Harrison ended her life. I was devastated to read about this poor girl’s tragic end, and yet, I could empathize. I too have been...
by Hollye Dexter | Jun 29, 2011 | life lessons, poverty, rich and poor, wealth
Troy and Hollye, making music together.(photo: Alex Sears)The opening scene in Slumdog Millionaire is a montage shot in Calcutta: the scenery rich with color and filth, young people marrying in traditional silken dress draped in chrysanthemums, barely clothed children...