AS WE APPROACH THE HOLIDAYS and the end of 2020, I’m sure most of us are reflecting on what a year this has been! I would have never imagined that a few weeks after returning from one of our workshops in Little Rock, AR, at the end of February the world as we know it would change so drastically. I left our office in mid-March thinking we’d be working from home for a week or two. Nine months later, I am still here. The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly shaken things up for all of us.
I like to think I am a “glass half full” type of person, so I have tried to look at the positives throughout all of this. While I am not traveling as I usually do or going to the office, I feel that I communicate more with our Stone World team than ever before. Our editorial staff has a regular morning call and we have a weekly virtual meeting with everyone. While we talk business, it also provides an opportunity for us to chat and share personal stories too. We continue to work just as hard, and the pandemic has given us more time to brainstorm ways to better serve our readers.