I reached a milestone yesterday. My daughter, Kelly, graduated from high school last night.
I'm not sure how I feel. I'm happy for her, but sad for me. I know it is common to hear people say, "It seems like just yesterday ...". I didn't think I'd be one of those people, but here I am. She'll be off to college in the fall, leaving her brother and the rest of us behind. We'll manage okay, I'm sure, but life will be different.
As part of her send off, the family is going to take a European vacation this summer. And that's a milestone, too. Its the first time I will be completely away from the office for an extended period of time. I don't mean just physically, I mean mentally, too. For this is the first time that I won't be worried about the business.
Maybe I'm getting old and just worry less about a lot of things. Or, maybe its because Decade reached a milestone of its own. Whatever the case, nowadays, it 's just better here at the office. Better designs, better product, better climate - better people.
It's the company I always dreamed we would have.
Time for a vacation!
Congratulations!! (to Kelly). That's a good news, Kevin. But it's always sad to send a family member away from home. I felt so bad when I left my family. But one good thing is that leaving home tells you how much love & affection you had with family members.
It's feels so great to see a comment like this from the founder of the company that he's away from the business without any worries. That itself tells how great the company is doing. We have a very strong team and nice enviroment. I feel good that I'm also part of the team.
Posted by: Raj Muthusamy | June 08, 2007 at 01:39 PM
My family reached a couple of milestones too. My eldest daughter Aubrey (21) graduated from CSUF with her BS in Child Development and got her first full time job at SAMC. SAMC offers tuition reimbursement and she plans to get her master's degree while working at SAMC. My middle daughter Amber (19) will be transferring from FCC to CSUF in the Fall, and my youngest daughter Alex (17) graduated CWHS and will be attended CSUF in the fall. So I can really relate.
It is good to see you take a long, well deserved vacations with the whole family, and do so without worry.
Posted by: John Jensen | June 10, 2007 at 02:22 PM