Day 325: Last Day

I'm not sure what else to say. Today was my last day at a job that I've been at for 6 1/2 years. I'm leaving the place I was working at when I got engaged and when I got married. I was there when I bought my first house and brought home our first puppy. I received my Master's degree while working there. I lost my Dad, and my coworkers traveled the distance to give me a hug and let me know they were with me. I worked there while going through fertility treatments, and when they didn't work three times. I've learned more about myself in the past 6 1/2 years than I have in my entire life. I became the person I want to be while working at Criterion-Middlesex Early Intervention. 

I know that I am incredibly blessed to have met some of the best people I know through my job. I'm not only leaving behind the work, but I'm leaving behind the people. Am I leaving behind the secretary, or what? ;) The physical therapists, occupational therapists, nurses, mental health workers, speech-language pathologists, and developmental specialists I worked side-by-side with for the past 6 years taught me how to be a better therapist. Some of them also gave me life lessons I will take with me. I'm not just leaving behind people, I am leaving behind friends. I'm leaving laughs, hugs, cries, and smiles. 

But I'm not really leaving them behind. I know it sounds corny, but I'm taking them all with me. We do that. Take people with us when we leave.  And I know it's not goodbye forever. It's goodbye for now. It's, "I'll see you later. I promise." 

I'm grateful that today was a hard day. I'm grateful I had something in my life for 6 1/2 years that made saying goodbye so hard.