I don\u2019t know why, but this winter seems particularly, difficult.\u00a0 Not only because of the snow and cold, but also the life events that have wrecked havoc on so many of our family and friends.<\/p>\n
The Aliant layoff is over, and both Murray and I are thankfully unscathed.\u00a0 Many of our friends, however, were not so lucky.\u00a0 The company is now finding itself amidst this new economic landscape, and is drastically changing the way it does business.\u00a0 There will be some \u201cdo more with less\u201d, but also this time, we will be \u201cdoing less\u201d in many cases.\u00a0 As shareholders and employees, we are not yet sure what this will mean for us.\u00a0 We are simply thankful that we have employment.<\/p>\n
A dear friend of ours just passed away \u2013 Chloe Cameron.\u00a0 She was a beautiful person inside and out, and leaves behind a saint of a husband, and three angelic children.\u00a0 We miss you already Chloe.\u00a0 If you are reading this, please take a moment to think about donating to end breast cancer.\u00a0 Already, too many lives have been lost.<\/p>\n
I will be glad when this winter is over.\u00a0 It holds few fond memories for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I don\u2019t know why, but this winter seems particularly, difficult.\u00a0 Not only because of the snow and cold, but also the life events that have wrecked havoc on so many of our family and friends. The Aliant layoff is over, and both Murray and I are thankfully unscathed.\u00a0 Many of our friends, however, were not so lucky.\u00a0 The company is now finding itself amidst this new economic landscape, and is drastically changing the way it does business.\u00a0 There will be some \u201cdo more with less\u201d, but also this time, we will be \u201cdoing less\u201d in many cases.\u00a0 As shareholders and employees, we are not yet sure what this will mean for us.\u00a0 We are simply thankful that we have employment. A dear friend of ours just passed away \u2013 Chloe Cameron.\u00a0 She was a beautiful person inside and out, and leaves behind a saint of a husband, and three angelic children.\u00a0 We miss you already Chloe.\u00a0 If you are reading this, please take a moment to think about donating to end breast cancer.\u00a0 Already, too many lives have been lost. I will be glad when this winter is over.\u00a0 It holds few fond memories for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84,"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}