Let me make this a lot simpler: Is there a way to let multiple packages (with subs named the same) share one $self? My below example shows how I'd like to use this whole mess (see comments in the code for further details):

eval {
    my $foo = OurParentPackage->new;
    $SIG{__WARN__} = sub { die @_ };
    $foo->initialize;
    $foo->run;
};
if ($@) {
    print "content-type: text/html\n\n$@";
    exit;
}


package OurParentPackage;
sub new {
    bless { }, shift;
}
sub initialize {
    my $self = shift;
    require CGI;
    $self->{CGI} = new CGI;
    $self->{Config} = { 'this' => 'that' }; # config hash would be loa
+ded here.
    # and some 'global' stuff....
    $self->{script_build} = 1;
    $self->{script_version} = '1.0 alpha'; 
    return $self;
}
sub run {
    my $self = shift;
    if ($self->{CGI}->param('area') eq 'widgetone') {
        if ($self->{CGI}->param('act') eq 'add') {
            WidgetOne->add;
        }
        else {
            WidgetOne->default;
        }
    }
    elsif ($self->{CGI}->param('area') eq 'widgettwo') {
        if ($self->{CGI}->param('act') eq 'add') {
            WidgetTwo->add;
        }
        else {
            WidgetTwo->default;
        }
    }
    elsif ($self->{CGI}->param('area') eq 'widgetthree') {
        # etc....
    }
}


package WidgetOne;
sub default {
    my $self = shift;
    ############
    # the below line wont work because it needs the the above subs $se
+lf. I need to get its $self here somehow without re-running OurParent
+Package's initialize sub.
    print $self->{CGI}->header;
    ############
}
sub add {
    my $self = shift;
    # code to add a 'WidgetOne' would go here.
}


package WidgetTwo;
sub default {
    my $self = shift;
    # the default 'WidgetTwo' page code would be here...
}
sub add {
    my $self = shift;
    # code to add a 'WidgetTwo' would go here.
}


package WidgetThree;
sub default {
    my $self = shift;
    # the default 'WidgetThree' page code would be here...
}
sub add {
    my $self = shift;
    # code to add a 'WidgetTwo' would go here.
}
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