After 13 years - Darren and I have decided that it is time for him to no longer work at Creative Expressions. The stress, anger and frustrations were getting so bad on him and his mental health - not to mention the family relationships that have really been damaged. It's hard to work for your family, its even harder to work when it's your in-laws. While Darren fought it as long as he could, there was no other choice then for him to leave the company. Some people think we are crazy to do this in this economy... we do to sometimes. But the release of burden and a huge amount of peace we have felt since we made that decision means it's the right direction for our family.
Darren's leaving came as a shock to the entire company, I guess everyone thought... he is family so he'll keep fighting the fight no matter what. to help ease some of the uncertainty and burden that some of the "long time" employees were feeling, Darren planned a huge water balloon fight in the parking lot. I spent just shy of 2 hours filling balloons - there was close to 300 of them. It was so much fun to watch and just what the employees needed.
These people are who Darren will miss, we have been lucky to have suck great individuals work for us. He feels he has let many of them down, but this decision was a selfish one on our account and we recognize that. Sometimes those decisions need to be made. He official last day was June 30th, however he has boy scout camp the 28-30 so he was off those days. Which made the 25th his last day in the office. Thanks for 13 years!
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