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Posts by Jocelyn Kerr

Jocelyn Kerr is a freelance writer and researcher. She's also been a librarian, a multimedia producer and a general drifter who knows a few things about packing light. She divides her time between the Gulf Coast, the Northeast and jocelynkerr.com.

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When Giving Up Really Isn’t: Taking a Step Back

“A bend in the road is not the end of the road…unless you fail to make the turn.” ~Unknown

A year ago this week I was lying on a pile of laundry on my bathroom floor, sobbing, blowing my nose into a dirty t-shirt. I was in the last stages of packing up my apartment, selling my furniture, putting a few belongings into storage, and at 34 I was moving home to my parents’ house.

It was not a good month, in a less-than-stellar year.

It was a year filled with difficult circumstances. Two years earlier I’d given up a …