This publication contains 37 stories, vignettes, and poems written by participants in the British Columbia Buildings Corporation Workplace Language Program. The pieces center on family, work, people, and places and were written by people who decided to learn how to improve their language skills. They represent slices of employees' lives as they explored and grew through their experience with the program. The book shows by topic and tone that there is a process that achieves substantial and measurable advances. As a whole, the writings represent the life experience of women and men who make up a part of the Canadian work force. (YLB)