{"id":136,"date":"2013-03-16T10:21:42","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T10:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/the-week-that-was\/"},"modified":"2013-03-16T10:21:42","modified_gmt":"2013-03-16T10:21:42","slug":"the-week-that-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/the-week-that-was\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past week was definitely the week that was. It started with a call from my mom needing to be taken to a emergency care<\/a> facility. It turned out to be nothing major, but I'll confess I saw ghosts. Ghosts from four years ago, when my deceased father was making seemingly "no big deal" visits to the ER.<\/p>\n

As I'm sitting the waiting area for my mom, my wife calls and tells me company has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy<\/a> and the entire company shutdown. To add measure to this, no severance, ho healthcare (the company disbanded the group health plan<\/a> prior to entering the bankruptcy), no job.<\/p>\n

Ok, I was a little disappointed!<\/p>\n

The irony is on two fronts for me:<\/p>\n

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  1. I went though a similar experience in mid-December of last year. One of my entrepreneur pursuits was negatively impacted when a contract was terminated without warning. Again, game over! I have since regained footing with a local tech startup<\/a>. You're probably thinking; "why take on more risk?" Part of my DNA.<\/li>\n
  2. I have experienced sudden change\/loss in such a way that when I got my wife's news, it didn't cause me to drive off the road. I think the magical formula set in after my second goodbye encounter with corporate America. I am thankful for this and it has made me a better man, husband and dad.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Just so you know, we're (my family and I) are taking a hit from this situation. Don't want you thinking I'm Superman. There are things we've got to figure out and adjust to. Here's a few of the issues we're working through:<\/p>\n