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 Tell  Me About Yourself "Tell me about yourself," she said.  I stared at her blankly.  To be honest, I had forgotten her name.  I think it was Donna.  We'll say it was Donna.   Immediately, tears began streaming down my cheeks.  I gaped at Donna for a moment, embarrassed at my reaction, choked, unsure what to say.  "I really don't know how to answer that, " I eventually mumbled, looking down at my hands.   I needed the job, at the ice cream store, and this interview was important.  I was sure I had blown it.  Fortunately, Donna recognized how necessary this job was for me, and she gave me a chance.  She saved my life at that time.  It was 2016.  It was the year I left my husband. I had been married for the past 19 years, and with the same man for 20.  I had been a wife, a sister in law, a daughter in law, a daughter, and all of the things that go along with being married.  My identity had not...