KjB

Something I’m working on - freelance - for a company I used to work for:

Ta maman vient aujourd’hui

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Scared, depressed, and unable to communicate with her guardians,
schoolmates or teachers, six-year old Florence had all but given up hope
that she’d ever see her mother or sisters again. A French-Canadian
national with no English-speaking skills, Florence’s long and
frightening journey from Montreal to Miami to Augusta, Georgia began
with a simple invitation to visit her estranged father—and ended with
kidnapping, warrants, and a U.S. Marshall raid. When finally freed,
Florence met her saviors, two (well-known law firm) attorneys passionate
about helping the smallest victims of international kidnapping.
Determined to make the girl feel comfortable and informed, they assured
her, in butchered, broken French, “Ta maman vient aujourd’hui,” “Your
mother is coming today.” The small gesture was all it took to force a
long-absent smile on Florence’s face.

Georgia associate (X) and partner (X) worked
tirelessly on Florence’s behalf from start to finish in this case,
overseeing every minute detail of the incident’s progress and
resolution; from finding the girl, to coordinating with the Canadian
government over prosecution, to flying the mother to the US, and even
providing food, lodging and entertainment for the family during the
hearing. “This case was unlike anything else I’ve done,” X says. “It
wasn’t like I went to a hearing and said my peace and just left. This
was so much more. We did a full service. It was amazing.”

(beats writing brochures for carpet, or ads for anything, any day.)

but i hate gmail.

i know this probably doesn’t get said a lot, but i’m telling you: nothing is, at this moment anyway, more infuriating or confusing than the way that damn program organizes your messages. “Conversations?” HA!  not if you’re dealing with serial “repliers” who, rather than type your email address in will RE: every new, different piece of information they’re relaying to you from ONE original message! And certainly not if the person you’re “conversing” with is also forwarding things to you from other people!  Good GOD am i confused. And I’ve missed emails because the notification is so subtle. Things that don’t seem connected to me (i.e. NEW “conversations” get lumped into old ones.) The “cards” expand and contract at will - I can’t seem to get them to stick at a level of information I can deal with. AND, no matter how hard I try to remember, I can never find the “Compose” button twice in a row.

ARRRRGGGHH.

it just occurred to me that it’s now 2 days past April fool’s day, and no one even attempted to fool me. I mean - not that it’s important - but the day totally came and went and I had no idea.

let’s hope i don’t forget any of the other minor holidays. that’d just be wierd.