Glancing back...but looking forward...
Sometimes it's a good year...sometimes it's a bad year...this year it was more like WTF???? I don't think this little town (a little town that supplied 80% of the carpet to the entire world btw) had ever seen a recession like we experienced in late 2008/2009. Many of my friends lost their jobs...many lost their own companies...many lost their homes. You could literally drive the streets and see the "for sale" signs, or worse the "foreclosure" signs, everywhere. In a town with a population of just over 76,000 people - our local newspaper had over 180 home forclosures listed in one week. I drove by these "for sale" and "foreclosure" signs every day on my way to work. There were eight on Tibbs Road (the road I took daily) alone. I wasn't really concerned about me personally, I had worked for the same company for 20+ years...had received a good performance review and a nice raise in March, but something in my 'gut' told me......