Perhaps no one noticed, but I’m a day late posting this blog. My grandmother, LuCylle Davis, passed away last week, and I’ve spent the last days at family gatherings, wakes, her funeral etc. What perspective this lends me! In the midst of such loss, updating blogs and returning emails seems so trivial. Usually, business is at the top of my mind. Perhaps it is too important. My grandparents were self-employed for most of their lives. They owned a saloon at one point. At another point they owned a little company that stocked greeting cards and small toys in drug stores across the state. They worked hard. But they knew how to have fun! From family poker parties to many travels, they enjoyed their life and the lives of their five children and 16 grandchildren. My grandmother loved people and loved a crowd. Yes, she worked hard, but she never lost sight of that which mattered most to her: friends and family. I cry as I write these words, for they are so simple and so important. May we all heed her example. LuCylle Davis 1913-2006. Rest deeply in peace. I will miss you.