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Rewe

I stuff my black leather gloves into my coat pocket, situate my mask on my face, place a Euro coin into the shopping cart to free it. At the check-out, my gloves aren’t in my pocket. I got them with my mom at an Ocean State Job Lots—my mom’s kind of Christmas present. I approach an employee. “I lost my gloves.” She looks into my eyes, must see a strange importance. She lifts the Ocean State Job Lots elegance from behind the drawer. I’m not going to see my mom this year. I don’t want to lose these gloves.

Christi Byerly, who's lived in six countries on three continents, runs Awaken Coach Institute. She trains depth coaches from all over the globe. Rewe is a German grocery store chain.

Act of Faith

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