This past week, I have had to say goodbye to many people and many things. Some I am not quite ready to write about and others I am. This post is not a true goodbye (which I have had to deal with this week), but rather an "I'll see ya later" to a very special work buddy of mine. 



One of the many lessons I learned this past week is that saying goodbye, while difficult, can sometimes be a beautiful thing. It makes you realize how wonderful something was - whether it be a person, a place in time, or an overall realization of life. This week, instead of being sad about change and attempting to control it, I decided to take a moment and be happy that I have people in my life that are worth missing. People who are worth the tears. There are many times that I caught myself smiling in my heartbreak because all it meant was how lucky I truly am to have had someone/sometime worth missing. 

 Cassidy, I know it was difficult to read my handwriting on the card, so I have typed out my letter below:

(1)    I second Tony’s comment. - You can do many amazing and wonderful things, but telling a joke is not one of them. 
(2)    I can’t even write here. I’m just going to give you a hug for fear that I will leave this paper soaking wet and then Tony will awkwardly walk in on me, tears strolling down my face, writing it.
(3)    As you've pointed out in the past, I said I was going to stop writing and yet here I am, still doing so…Thanks for being such an awesome buddy both work-related and not. Thanks for making the office feel loved with your acts of kindness and heart-shaped leaves, showing me the cross in the bricks downstairs, laying random pieces of squash on my desk, in the beginning dealing with me randomly running downstairs and scaring your BFF just to pet her dog, stopping the car and having a totally insync moment saving a puppy, running in to let me know it is du-rag Tuesday with Aaron  sitting right there, and of course, always being an ear to listen, a person to laugh and talk with, a shoulder to cry on and a great hug giver. I know that if you were able to convince me to eat healthy, you can convince the rest of the world to do so as well. Congratulations!! I know you are going to do awesome at this new job and are going to love NY and being near the babyyy. I can’t wait to see what all this world has in store for you.
(4)    Try not to yell at any McDonald’s ice cream men on your way up there.

BEyonce, Clara Beth