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DAMON

My mother was glad to hear I had gotten a job at TIANOR. Of course, I didn't tell her about the other one, but it gladdened me to see her so happy.

As she smiled graciously, prayers wouldn't stop falling from her lips. When I left her house the previous night, I told her I would come later to show her my employee card.

Truthfully, I can't wait to see it myself either.

For so many nights I dreamt about having one. Ever since my online photography business failed, I decided to cling to my original plan of working for a company.

I applied to so many companies and each time I was rejected, I wondered if that was how my life would continue to be.

Even when I managed to find a job at the sweet factory, I wondered the same.

It bummed me that my life wasn't moving at all. I was just there, living like I was being forced to do so.

So, now that I will be getting an employee card, I will stare at it and be more than certain that my life was no longer stagnant. Perhaps for once, life