Saying Goodbye.
It’s a complicated thing, choosing to say goodbye when things still feel good. It’s that act of intentionally choosing rather than reacting that empowers us to take the reigns and chart a new adventure. One that is exciting and scary and filled with unstoppable momentum. Yet in that same fateful decision, you also choose to welcome grief. The sadness of letting go and the acknowledgement that what has been will no longer be.
Yesterday I said goodbye to working with some of my favorite people in the world. I always knew it would be hard to leave Way to Grow, but I wasn’t prepared to do it in a pandemic. My last two days were weird and hard and honestly, just very overwhelming. How are you supposed to say hello after working from home for a year and then turn right around and say goodbye? I hugged more people in 48 hours than the last 13 months and it still wasn’t enough.
Working at Way to Grow wasn’t always easy, fun, or “fulfilling,” because no job ever is. But working there for 5+ years brought so many amazing, compassionate, beautiful people into my life. They are folks with big hearts and kind souls who made me laugh through the near-constant uphill battles we faced together, and they are incredibly important to me.
Five years ago, I was a different person embarking on new journey in her life, and I was blessed to have these folks along for that wild ride. I had no idea this place would claim me as their own and love me as hard as they did. Now as I move on to the next chapter, I’m grateful that they’ll still have my back as I go off to explore. Because the one tagline I wrote that never could die was “Forward Together,” so I guess it must be true.
Thank you Way to Grow family, for being remarkable and joyful and the best part of my day every day. To those pictured and those not, ya’ll have my heart.💛🧡❤️
