“Good bosses” aren’t just kind. Good bosses provide safeguards, opportunity and dignity. –Kellie Carter Jackson
Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real-life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging”, as I know each of these pieces represents something…
I love the op-ed section of the paper. I believe we all need to write at least one letter on something we’re passionate about in our lifetime. In saying that, I applaud this reader
Since Rite Aid’s purchase of Bartell Drugs [“Bartell Drugs, a local, family-owned business for 130 years, to be sold to Rite Aid for $95 million,” Oct. 7, 2020, Business], things have slowly gone downhill. Products I was once able to obtain are no longer stocked. Many shelves remain unstocked or partially stocked. I never patronized Rite-Aid because Bartell was the superior choice, friendly helpful staff and well stocked shelves.
Alas, corporate consumption of small local businesses continues to erode the quality and service we once knew. Now Kroger wants to acquire another market chain [“Kroger seeks to create grocery giant in $20B Albertsons bid,” Oct. 14, 2022, Business]. We, in the Puget Sound area, will be slaves to the Kroger conglomerate, owning Fred Meyer, QFC, Safeway and Albertson’s, if the recent merger proposal is approved.
How does this benefit the people? Monopoly control on food supplies is dangerous and must be stopped. Elimination of competition is always detrimental to the consumer of products. Please lobby all your federal representatives to halt this move. In my view the Federal Trade Commission should move to break up Kroger.
Michael Dahlstrom, Everett
No one should feel pressured to make changes “Instead quiet your mind and ask yourself, “Am I happy? How can I tweak my life so I can have more happiness and more love? Does the choice I’m making (or not making) feel good? What are the benefits of the change and do those outweigh the cost of the disruptions? When you settled on the answers, you’ll be better equipped to either make the necessary shifts or recognize that staying the course is good for your body and soul.
In the winter of my 40th year, I received a cancer diagnosis that required major surgery. I packed my hospital bag and kissed my spouse, toddler and baby goodbye. While there, a Canadian storm pelted the area with every precipitation possible. The roads were treacherous, but my mother waltzed in as if by magic. She made a bed out of a hard bench and called it her spot. I missed my children, but I needed my mom, and there she was. Thank you, mom, for carrying me through the winter storm to spring: I am healing as the flowers bloom. — Anne-Marie Linnen
Blige, is reveling in her newfound peace and her many creative projects — and her single status. “Divorce, that took a load off,” she says, leaning back in her chair. “The day that I began to lighten up is the day my skin began to brighten, my eyes began to brighten. Now I keep beautiful people around me.” She laughs. “I’m single, without a kid, and I’m having a good time. I’m doing the most.” – Mary J. Blige
Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real-life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging”, as I know each of these pieces represents something…
