As a child and a wife I grew up lacking most importantly self-confidence and self-esteem. I am no longer a child or a wife, but I am a mother who strives for her children to have self-esteem and have confidence in everything they do. However, telling your children to be confident and as a parent not showing it, what example is that for a child?
There started my journey of me being more confident in my life. I used to live for what people would say or think about me, always wanted others feedback, never take risk, always remain stuck in the same place. The meanings of confidence: belief in oneself and one's powers or abilities; self-confidence; self-reliance. If you cannot believe in yourself and your abilities, no one else can or will.
I had to get myself in that mindset, determined to carry things through, and even though sometimes you feel that you cannot accomplish your goal, you still have to push through and believe in yourself that you can do whatever comes your way. Seek help; do not be afraid to say you need help. Go over the achievements you have accomplished in your life even with adversity. Set achievable goals, these are targets that you set for yourself, if you are not meeting your goals; go over what it is you might be doing wrong and restart your goal if you have to. Also learn positive thoughts, stray from negative thoughts that can destroy your confidence; create strong mental images of yourself. These are some of the strategies that are working for me, and for the year to come I am going to be more successful in getting myself there. Also with the help of God, my family, my friends and mentors in my life I will continue accomplish whatever comes my way..
“If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. ~Author Unknown”

~Ally Nelson

Credit & Collections Team Leader

With the holiday season at hand and the weather growing colder, it always serves as a the perfect reminder to be thankful for what you have in your life, and to pass that nice warm positive energy on to those around you. Countless studies show that gratitude can extend life span, increase happiness, immunity, optimism and make for a healthy heart all while depleting your stress levels! All it takes is a few minutes each day, just try and think or write about three things in your life that you are very grateful or lucky to have. What about family, friends, loved ones? Your home or your health? That delicious meal you had? That homemade apple pie mom made you? The beautiful sunset, sunrise, stars, waves crashing? It can be anything! Don’t stop there, pass off the kindness to those around you, hold the door for someone, let some one in your driving lane, pass on a smile, or tell some one you appreciate them. Help spread that warm spirit it can be contagious and extremely rewarding. I wish you and those close to you a happy holiday and a prosperous and healthy new year!


~Steve Pereira
Financial Accountant

A Family Away From Home

When I was told that employees from other departments could contribute to the company Blog. The first thing came to mind were my co-workers.
Isn’t it amazing how you get up in the morning, leave one family only to immediately connect with another family?

Some may not agree but first let me high light a few things.
We have breakfast together, we get coffee together, we chat about what we did
The night before. We plan all kinds of get togethers and birthday celebrations. We call dibs on what kind of birthday cake we want the following year or
What we want for our secret Santa gift (even though it should be a surprise) We cry together, we pray for each other and most importantly we support each other.

How many companies do you know where employees miss each other so much when they go on vacation and can’t wait to get back to work to see each other.

Now that’s what I call family.

I could go on and on with how we all are connected in some kind of way or another. Whether it be a marriage, the birth of a child, a death in the family
Sickness and health…. There is truly an unspoken bond amongst us in the WAC family.

~ Mitzi Boone

Accounts Payable