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Posts Tagged ‘abc news’

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

By Guest Blogger and Author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
(Currently #5  on The New York Times Bestsellers List)

At 30 years old, I left the job I loved. I had fought long and hard to win my role in the ABC News Political Unit covering presidential politics.  I worked for a boss I respected and with colleagues I loved.  News was my mother tongue, and I had a privileged perch covering public policy and just about anything political I wished.  There was no reason to leave.

Except this nagging thought that kept attacking me: What will you do if you are still doing this 10 years from now?  Will that be enough?

I knew it was not.

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