All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy,
for what we are leaving behind is a part of ourselves.
Amelia Barr
This quote is really resonating with me today as I had to say goodbye to my friends at work.
They are the people that I've spent most of my time with for the last three years. We say, "I hope to see you soon," and "We'll get together," and I know that they mean it and I hope to God that it does happen, but it's still sad. My friends from work have been some of my closet friends these past few years. They've listened to me complain about the horrible boys I've dated, they've given me hugs when I didn't want to go to school anymore because 5 classes and working 25 hours a week and volunteering at church and was just a lot of work, they supported me and in turn they leaned on me, their problems were my problems, their joys my joys. They watched me graduate - twice! They were the first people (outside of my family) I told when I got into grad school.
I made a lot of great friends at work... I'm grateful for this part of my life, that I worked at a place with such great people, who let me be (cheerful, sunshiney, sometimes so-optimistic-it's-annoying) self. I'm also grateful for the opportunities that lie ahead of me, but I know a part of me will always be with the friends I've made there.
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