Distrust
Dear Jessica Brennan, In a time long ago, called 2012, being a perennially slow learner, I made a conscious decision to disregard what my gut was telling me about a …
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Don’t Be Good At It
Dear Jessica Brennan, I have often fallen into the trap of not wanting to be seen doing anything until I have mastered it. As a child, I hated track and …
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Trimming the Great to Get to the Better
Dear Jessica Brennan, Recently I agreed to create a video for our family business Jeans ‘n Classics. It came about like this: Dad: Would you like another glass of wine? …
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Finding Your One True Passion
Dear Jessica Brennan, I have spent a lot of time trying to find the one-thing I am meant to be. That one passion that is mine to follow. I often …
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The Annihilation of our 2020 Vision
Dear Jessica Brennan, The year 2020 approached like an endless trip to the eye doctor. You know the drill. You put your chin in the leather rest and the doctor …
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Uncertainty
Dear Jessica Brennan, I am not good at uncertainty. I write about it a lot and can tell just about anyone what to do within it; and it is generally …
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When Massive Follows Tiny
Dear Jessica Brennan, Sometime around 1997, I got an idea to send a letter to Dad’s cousins in England and ask them if they had a family photo of him …
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Shunning
Dear Jessica Brennan, One of the evilest and most lasting acts of emotional violence we commit against each other as humans is ironically usually found in a religious setting. This, …
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A Life of Service
Dear Jessica Brennan, One of the things that I am grateful for regarding how I was raised, was the lesson in service that I learned very young. Regardless of the …
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In Ruins
Dear Jessica Brennan, In the town of Whitby, in North Yorkshire, way up on a hill sits the ruins of Whitby Abbey. It was first built in 657 AD, then …
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