The Olympics are the great gathering of athletes from around the world. These athletes are the best of the best. They work day and night to become the top competitors in their sports.

Isaiah Jewett and Nijel Amos are two such athletes. Isaiah Jewett runs track for the United States of America and Nijel Amos runs for Botswana. Both men run in the 800m. It is a challenging run that requires stamina and great speed.

Just a few days ago, while competing in Japan, Nijel and Isaiah were running the 800m. They were near the final stretch of the run. Nijel was just behind Isaiah when he stepped on Isaiah’s heal…

When the movie “9 to 5” came out, I was in high school, but already thinking about my hopeful career in life.  The song was a sort of anthem to what I believed was my adult future – working 9 to 5.  I don’t think I fully understood the lyrics and the fact that the song was really in protest of the underpaid, overworked and often oppressive conditions that many women worked in during that time.  Being a secretary or office stenographer or typist was a job critical to most office’s success, but wholly relegated to women and ostensibly not what we would call an ideal work environment then, and absolutely not by today’s standards.  When the line said – “Barely getting by, all taking and no giving” – it rhymed and seemed to fit; but it didn’t hit me as a sad statement about working conditions for women. The movie was light-hearted to watch, in spite of the serious undertone, and had some of the best actors and actresses – and one singing great who made the movie both with the theme song and her little-known acting skills too.