by Stephanie Sides Ours is an age relatively lacking in meaningful relationships because we lack trust in each other. I remember raising this issue at work one day the last year I was there, and my co-workers looked at me as if I'd gone mad. What was I talking about? What did trust have to do with getting the job done? If I'd been doing standup comedy, I might … [Read more...] about What I Wish I’d Known: Knowing You Don’t Know
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Qué Milagro!
by Stephanie Sides My boarding school friend ML grew up in a family that ran a funeral home in a small town in the southern tip of Illinois. I remember visiting her for a week one summer. She took me up to the casket room where several beautiful caskets, silk- or satin-lined in different colors, were laid out, as it were, with signs indicating a price and what … [Read more...] about Qué Milagro!
What I Wish I’d Known: Finding a Mentor
by Stephanie Sides The first principle from my opening column on this topic, in the last issue of EAP, was the importance of finding a mentor. I’m certainly no expert at this game. But in retrospect, and considering a few women that have helped guide my life (perhaps unbeknownst to them), I think it’s something that young women might want to consider. I … [Read more...] about What I Wish I’d Known: Finding a Mentor
The Transition to College
by Stephanie Sides and Joanna Cuevas Stephanie says: I met Joanna Cuevas a couple of years ago when I was asked to host an intern from the nearby charter school affiliated with the university I worked for. She came to me for 90 minutes a week during the fall semester of her senior year. Since my professional area is communications, we spent most of our … [Read more...] about The Transition to College
Things I Wish I’d Known
by Stephanie Sides I need to come clean. I'm not Lauren Randolph. That's the name I would have given to the daughter I never had. My name is Stephanie Sides. I've been writing for Exterminating Angel Press for several months under a pseudonym to purge myself of an unending and destructive fount of anger and, its more debilitating after-effect, sadness. I've … [Read more...] about Things I Wish I’d Known