As of Tuesday, July 22, I have officially been with Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. for one year. And immediate reactions are mixed. One side of me feels as though it’s been a lifetime and has aged me 10 years in the process, while the other side it feels as though I’m still in my first month.
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