On a different note, I learned today that I still have a job with the "new" Pfizer, post Wyeth aquisition - the 4th Downsizing I have squeeked thru & 2nd in nine months. Bitter sweet, knowing not everyone will be so lucky & after learning last week of the sudden & traggic death of a former manager and mentor of 9 years: RIP Bob Amitrano...We will miss your passion and zeal for life, and how you measured everything by a win or a loss. I didn't agree with every thing you did or said & told you so. But once I moved to the "inner circle", I witnessed how you gave every ounce of yourself to develop those you believed in. Pfizer lost a soldier & a leader and I lost someone who I knew believed in me, challenged me to dig deeper, to develop a strategy & execute on it - "Failure is not an option," you'd say. And most importantly, someone who would go to the wall for you. And you did time & time again.. May you find the peace that eluded you on this earth. I will miss you, my friend.
These times test your emotional fortitude - your human side - and make you numb. Because, when you walk thru that door, somewhere down deep, you know you have to leave it there - check it at the door... and be someone's Mommy, someone's wife, and a friend. I could do better at that....
