The View From Here

After 14 years in an office, Barb Abelhauser became a bridgetender in Jacksonville and reflects on the quiet beauty that made her stay.

A gentle animated reminder that a life change can reveal unexpected beauty.

Barb Abelhauser worked in an office for 14 years. Then one day she quit, and decided to become a bridgetender on the Ortega River Bridge in Jacksonville, Florida. She planned to work there for a year. Eight years later,

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