In Search of Passion

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Valerie Fries Wade, MM, CAE: Portland, Oregon, United States; I am not defined but what I do, but who I am. I am a woman who strives to find passion in all that I do. Whether that is working, playing, learning, teaching. My goal is to ignite passion in others.

In search of the perfect match... a professional one.
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PWW Captain's Blog. 02.06.15 My newest passion... fighting against a tumor .. one suspected of being cancerous. Yes.. the BIG "C...
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PWW Captains Blog 02.14.15 Update... Had an ultrasound on 02.13.15 and the technician said "you are full of fluid!, you know, we ca...
A life worth living...

I mentioned that I was able to transition to a life worth living.. when I left the streets so many years ago. Yet there are so many people ...
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PWW Captain's Blog. 02.10.15 Before going to the oncologist appointment I researched what to ask. I turned to my support groups for he...
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PWW Captain's Blog, 02.06.2015 I had a lot of abdominal bloating and pain, I had seen several doctors and things were just not getting...
Comfortably Numb

I have not found a better antonym for passion. I have spent many days, if not years, living in a state of "comfortable numbness". ...
Changing the perspective of homelessness.

I attended ASAE's Annual Meeting in St. Louis earlier this month. It was a huge milestone for me. Not only did I get to walk on stage to...
Happy Birthday to Me

Today is my birthday, and as a dear friend of mine once stated, she and I are "Plenty-Nine" and holding. I love the concept of...
Building a website.. oh my!

I have a much greater respect for those that spend their lives building websites. I have been working on creating a professional site that r...