I feel that I have shirked some of my responsibilities by failing to write a new post in such a long time.  For that I apologize.  Not that there are multitudes eagerly awaiting to take in every entry.  There are however, co-workers who encouraged me to take up blogging as a general outreach to our customers and as an opportunity to contribute to marketing, branding or otherwise promoting our company.  Properly promoting the company could perhaps have a positive impact on the good folks who benefit from the continued success of our organization...those who choose to work here as well as numerous vendors and suppliers.   

I know I have been very fortunate to have personally benefitted from the success we have enjoyed after nearly 20 years in business.  Not that it has always been easy (is anything ever as easy as it looks?).  We have encountered all manner of challenges throughout the years which have resulted in every imaginable emotional response...laughter, tears, hope, sorrow, clarity of vision, confusion.  There were many times when each of these emotions was experienced on the same day!  We've always viewed challenges as an opportunity to improve.  Our mission speaks to our intent to commit to excellence.  We do this in part through recognizing those in our organization who demonstrate positive character traits.  We understand and strive to operate from a set of time proven values which have served us well up to this point...friendliness, integrity, honest communication, willingness to help, innovation, trustworthiness, reliability.  Regarding my blogging habits, it is this last value, reliability, I hope to pay more heed to going forward.