It is with mixed emotions that I write this column this month. Many of you know that my daughter, Danielle Cowan, has been my right hand for the past five years. Her title was Accounts Manager, but she did much more than handle client accounts. She added innovative time and money saving procedures to our business. She expanded our distribution and she acquired numerous national accounts.

Danielle gave me notice the week of Mother’s Day that she was taking a sabbatical to plan her wedding and take a honeymoon. While I’m happy for her and her fiancé Ed, I must admit that things have been a bit stressful in her absence and it’s only been two weeks. It’s funny how you just don’t realize how much you depend on someone until they are not there.

That being said, we have some great new team members that showed up just before Danielle took leave. Many of our advertisers will remember Susan Cotton Kassem who was our accounts manager until about five years ago. Susan and Danielle were two ships passing in the night and worked briefly together. Welcome back Susan. In addition to Susan coming back on board, Shawna Barnes-Gunot has joined our team as well. While we make this transition, I must tell you how very much I appreciate all of our advertisers, readers and distributors patience with us reorganizing our telephone system to accommodate the new on site and off site staff members.

Good Luck Danielle - Best Wishes for your marriage. We’ll miss you.

Sherry Henderson, Editor