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Frances Prado

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When my son joined the Navy and my daughter went to college, my calendar had openings I wanted to fill. I still had the roles of wife and Costco senior manager with my days beginning at 3 a.m., but I had time to expand who I was. Idle hands didn’t serve me well, so I organized my house and started with the bedroom.

Tackling my lingerie drawer opened my eyes to the reality that I had been shoving and crushing beautiful bras for years just enough to make them fit into the drawer.

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When my son joined the Navy and my daughter went to college, my calendar had openings I wanted to fill. I still had the roles of wife and Costco senior manager with my days beginning at 3 a.m., but I had time to expand who I was. Idle hands didn’t serve me well, so I organized my house and started with the bedroom.

Tackling my lingerie drawer opened my eyes to the reality that I had been shoving and crushing beautiful bras for years just enough to make them fit into the drawer.

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