At various points in her life, Adela Justice has spent her days working as a librarian and her evenings playing electric bass in bands and volunteering as a Texas reserve deputy. Sometimes she’s also juggled full- and part-time jobs in different libraries.
Justice, a senior librarian at The Learning Center, has a simple explanation for why she’s often kept such a hectic schedule.
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My wife and I decided to wait until we got home to Texas to see if the headache came from allergies or the hard Italian pillows. But when I continued to wake up with the same headache...
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Her mother died...
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“I couldn...
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