Change is hard. This month, I get to experience that firsthand.
After 64 years in business, we are closing A-1 Moving & Storage. I have been running the company for 30 years. I am ready to dedicate more time to my passion: helping seniors as they transition from their big family home.
My mom and dad, Jerry and Gladie Long, started A-1 in 1960. My brother Gary and I bought the company in 1999. Eventually, Gary moved on to other adventures. My son, Mike Manteufel, started working here 24 years ago and has been partnering with me for the past 10 years. He has been a treasure.
Each of our generations really enjoyed working together.
I will be continuing with Long’s Senior Transitions. Mike is ready to move on to other opportunities.
While I have been making this transition and sharing the news with others, it has been an opportunity to reflect on “change,” in general. As I said before, change is hard.
Along with the word “change,” it is good to include the word “choice.” It is so much nicer to go through change when it is something that you have considered, done some homework on the options ahead of you, weighed the pros and cons, and then chosen to move forward. That is what Mike and I did. We are happy with our decision.