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    butterflies free me

    Aug 27, 2020 3 minutes
    BY JODI RALSTON STE. GENEVIEVE, MISSOURI
    ILLUSTRATION BY ANDREA COBB

    HAPPINESS IS a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit quietly, may alight upon you.” I reread the quote in my car, hoping it would give me confidence. So far, it wasn’t working. I still felt unsure. Anxious. Far from still and quiet.

    I picked up the envelope from beside me on Inside was my letter of resignation as library director, giving the required two weeks’ notice. All I had to do was drop off the letter at the county courthouse. Last night it had felt like the right thing to do, but now, sitting in the parking lot, I had doubts. I had no future plans, no job lined up, no idea what I would do next. I just knew I couldn’t keep doing this.

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