Harris did not arrive until an hour after Paige was seated and then sat directly beside her, socially distanced for safety, without much warning. “I was actually fiddling with my phone,” Paige said. “I damn near dropped my phone.”Paige said she was not told to write a speech — only that she discuss the challenges of owning a small business during COVID-19.
Christine Paige with client Rochelle Ives at her Providence business, Bliss Medical Hair Replacement Center. “The first couple days, I can admit, I cried like a baby because I just felt like my business was gone,”Paige said divine intervention, along with reassurance from her grown sons and mentors, helped her chart a new business plan: a hair replacement business where she could make wigs from human hair for cancer patients and others who have lost their hair. She found office space across the street from the hospital where she was born and got the word out.
Paige hit all the notes — the emotional punch from COVID, the American sense of hopefulness in the rebound. She said later that she felt a chill through her body when she admitted to crying when her expansion plans appeared dashed. She couldn’t believe she was exposing her vulnerability like that, “but it felt right” in the moment and she knew others would relate.Raimondo called it “a story of strength,” while Harris pronounced all five women “inspiring.
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