{"id":4029,"date":"2023-05-26T07:31:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T14:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/?p=4029"},"modified":"2023-06-26T13:26:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T20:26:33","slug":"taking-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/2023\/05\/26\/taking-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4031\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2023\/05\/Taking-time.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5569\" height=\"3727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2023\/05\/Taking-time.jpeg 5569w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2023\/05\/Taking-time-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2023\/05\/Taking-time-768x514.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2023\/05\/Taking-time-1024x685.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5569px) 100vw, 5569px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During Monday\u2019s New Employee Orientation, one of our new prosecuting attorneys shared a little about her family.\u00a0 With two little ones at home, she welcomed the opportunity at Pierce County, to \u201cjust\u201d manage a caseload and not be supervising anyone else.\u00a0 At some point in the future, she might be interested in a formal leadership position, but not right now.<\/p>\n<p>I appreciated her comments.\u00a0 We all have issues in our personal lives, and ideally, we can harmonize them with our professional responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, I am dealing with a very difficult phase of my life.\u00a0 My brother-in-law is in the final stage of a decade-long battle with cancer.\u00a0 Thinking about my sister and her family, I knew that I needed to be there to support them.\u00a0 Our team at the County rallied to make sure I could take the time off to be with my family.\u00a0 For example, Betty Capestany \u201cpinch hit\u201d for me at Tuesday\u2019s Economic Forecast Luncheon in Puyallup &#8211; and reports are that she did a great job!\u00a0 Thanks Betty!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4030\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2023\/05\/Betty-at-Chamber.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2023\/05\/Betty-at-Chamber.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2023\/05\/Betty-at-Chamber-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2023\/05\/Betty-at-Chamber-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We do very important work for our community &#8211; and sometimes that work must be our top priority.\u00a0 But most of the time, when we aren\u2019t facing a crisis, we can and should live by \u201cfamily first.\u201d\u00a0 So, while I am taking a few minutes away from my family to write this brief blog entry, I am thankful I can be here &#8211; where I am needed the most.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3352 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2022\/02\/Bruce-blue-signature-small-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"79\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bruce<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Monday\u2019s New Employee Orientation, one of our new prosecuting attorneys shared a little about her family.\u00a0 With two little ones at home, she welcomed the opportunity at Pierce County, to \u201cjust\u201d manage a caseload and not be supervising anyone else.\u00a0 At some point in the future, she might be interested in a formal leadership [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":4031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38509],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - 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