bit‧ter‧sweet Noun
\ˈbi-tər-ˌswēt\
1.Goodbye "The second worst word in the human dictionary."
Means leaving someone or something, and sometimes never seeing them again.
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American author Richard Bach once said "Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again and meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends." Big words sir...
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| Scotty @ Work |
I have never been one who becomes friends...or really close friends with those who I work with before coming to Harrison. I believed that work is work and home is home...those lines shouldn't cross. Well that seems to have changed for me. I have meet so many amazing people her at Harrison...some have even become like family.
One of those people, Scott, had his last day at Harrison yesterday. Scott is one of those "one in a lifetime" people as Ryan (husband) likes to call them. Moi describes friendship as being "like standing on wet cement. The longer you stay, the harder it's to leave, and you can never go without leaving your footprints behind." ...and boy is this accurate
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| Scott & Ryan at the Car Place in Tacoma |
For not wanting to make friends at work, I have managed to gain a best friend. Someone who changed not just me but my entire family. Working with someone that you are that close with is different because you don't realize that you become depending on seeing your friend each and everyday (excluding weekends unless other plans are made of course)...someone who I could vent to in confidence, someone who was able break up the redundancy of what I do...and someone who I appreciate so much because of that.
It was never a surprise that he wouldn't be working here after January because he had much better adventures waiting for him including becoming a daddy. But there were conversations about pro's and con's, there was contemplation it wasn't a secret...but as I was going through the daily motions of day to day life I think that I blocked that out of my head a little bit. It didn't hit me until I went to visit them in the hospital after their baby was born when I realized that my person didn't work with me any more! :(
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| Scott & I at a VFW Ride |
I was talking to Ryan yesterday and I was telling him how work is gunna change with out my person at work, and while he understood he also reminded me that it isn't goodbye...it is see you later; which was soon follow by a "get over it woman" (Typical Palmer :p). Why say goodbye when our families do so much together?! Our babies are going to grow up together, superbowls are going to be watched, dinners are going to be had...it is inevitable that this friendship isn't going to end here.
While my person may no longer work within the walls of Harrison...he is my person none the less...and I have to keep reminding myself that when you have someone in your life that you can consider such a good friend that they are part of your family it is rare and someone wise one said that it isn't goodbye it is see you later and that.
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| Scott and Olivia |
Change is hard, and this one is defiantly bittersweet...but nothing but happiness is going to come out of this change....and that is what matters most!
(Below is a quote that my husband told me to try and make me feel better about everything...I believe it is totally fitting! Thank you Palmer for always being there for me...I <3 you!!!!!!)
"Never say goodbye, because goodbye means going away, and going away means forgetting." -Peter Pan
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