Pathways, Book Excerpt

I have felt the love the three of us share and the deep commitment that we have for each other and the company. We have such a unique relationship, one that has allowed us to grow together and individually. We have walked many uphill roads together and fought many fights. Here we now stand at a fork in the road, trying to determine which one is the best to take. Each one of us feels the need to take a different road and stand here wishing that there was a different reality that different decisions should have been made and they were not. Each one of us now must face what road we will take and where that will lead us, we don't really know.

Each hill we have taken and each fight we have fought, we have done together, as a team. When one team member was angry or hurt or didn't want to go on, the other two has been there to help, to push and sometimes to carry. We have gladly done that for each other out of the love we share together. Now here we are facing the biggest mountain, can we all go down the same road? Unfortunately, we all know that we cannot and our hearts are heavy. We can allow our hearts to remain heavy and build a wall around it to protect ourselves, allowing anger and resentments to build. We can choose to keep our hearts open to each other even though the pain is so sever we feel it breaking.

I feel as though even with different paths in front of us and even though we may not take the same way up the mountain, that we can all meet at the top as we all are going toward the same goal. Our love for each other is unique, and incredible, one that I wish not to lose. I hope that each of you feels as I do and that we can find a way to look past the pain and into what we know and feel for life, love, the company and each other.

I hope that each of us continue to reach out to the others out of that love and help each past the anger and the pain, allowing us all to be who we are and do what we know must be done now.