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By Brigid Morrissey “My body slows down and I can’t do as much as I used to be able to do. But one thing I started to do is take an introductory Tai Chi class.” “I started to connect more with people of other faiths. I’m Jewish and pretty active in my Salaam network — a group of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim members of the community working together to increase understanding of the respective faiths. We did a workshop for women in the three faiths recently.” “One of the things that I do is edit [...]

By Brigid Morrissey “I’m more secure with what we’re doing with our company, Skootys [a company that sells a comfort insole for walking in ski boots]. We get a lot of help from U.S. Commercial Service and more countries. I rely on their help when things go wrong in another country so it relieves a lot of pressure.” “At work, I pray an order goes out. It’s changed more because we’re selling more. It’s scary because there are so many unknowns. I just want our product to get there.” “I’ve added a little bit of [...]