Sometimes it feels just as tough...

...to be the one giving the bad news.  I know it can't compare, but...

I had to layoff 9 people at my office this past week.  It was brutal.  Long time employees.  Employees with brand new babies.  Employees with mortgages.  Employees facing a brutal economy, especially in advertising.  It made me physically, emotionally, and mentally sick...vomiting, tears, headaches...

So, today, I choose to be thankful...thankful that I have a job.  Thankful that I have a bit of security in a very uncertain time.  Thankful that I got to be the one to give the news, with some compassion and concern, rather than someone else who might have just given a script and said "collect your things".  

Thanks.