Kicked Out For Lacking A Degree, I Let Success Speak Instead

years at Oregon State. Budget cuts eliminated his department. At sixty-one, he lost his main income. A week later, my mother was diagnosed with an autoimmune thyroid disorder requiring specialty medication not fully covered by insurance.

When Natalie heard, her response was flat: “I’m swamped at the hospital. I can’t help.”

I sat in my office one evening,continue reading …