KNOW, the Magazine for Paralegals Fall/Winter 2013.2 | Page 22

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As

paralegals, we meet a lot of people: attorneys, clients, coworkers, peers and colleagues.

Once in a great while, you will meet someone with whom you share a
connection and with whom you quickly become friends. Jamie Collins,
whom many of you may know as regular contributor to KNOW, is one of
those people.
Jamie is a pleasant person with a quick wit, a bright smile - the kind
of person you want to have as a friend - the girl next door, someone to
whom you want to tell your secrets and share your dreams. As a young
girl, Jamie spent a great deal of time with Sue, her best friend and neighbor. They played together, whispered together and dreamed together.
Sue always knew what she wanted to be when she grew up – a mom.
Jamie, who also wanted to someday be somebody’s mom, knew that she
also wanted something else. She just was not sure what that something
else might be; maybe she would be a psychologist or perhaps a marine
biologist. She imagined herself a corporate leader dressed in a suit rocking some killer high heels.
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