We're saying goodbye to two of our management staff members within the next week. Both of them are making some pretty big life changes and so they are stepping down from their current positions. Between them, we are losing 12 years VBSPCA history and knowledge, not to mention buckets of their sweat and tears.
We get used to the goodbyes -- faces (those with skin, fur and feathers) change often around here. But each life leaves a mark and the wheels continue to turn. The thing is, we can't do everything we do without all of these faces, for whatever time they are here. Each person and each animal that comes through our doors makes us better and we learn something from them everyday -- each staff member, each volunteer, each citizen, each critter makes a difference.
So, I was wondering how we would bid farewell to our comrades next week. How can we bottle up everything they have done here at the shelter and hold on to it? But I guess the most appropriate goodbye would be the same way we send animals out into the world each day. We say, "Good luck, we will miss you, I know you are going to have an amazing life and we are grateful that you stopped here on your journey."
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