goodbye girl

today i got flowers from one of my clients. his name is nick. he's young, kind of a punk, and the worst driver of a power chair that i have ever seen. what makes these flowers so incredible is that nick lives in a residential facility. so after nick went home from work yesterday, he must have told one of his staff i was leaving and regardless of who suggested it, he went to the garden and picked out some flowers for me (not by himself of course). he gave me the biggest gap-toothed smile today when giving me the flowers in a cute little vase and my heart nearly burst.

i think i've been so busy looking forward, planning, taking care of details, worrying about life on the other side of the move, that i haven't spent any time actually thinking about leaving and how sad that will be. my mom is here. two of my very best friends. families in homewood we have grown to love and who have endlessly loved on our babies. people who have played an incredible role in this time in our lives, just starting life as a family. clients who have made me laugh. our little crappy old apartment, but our first home together. there's a lot to miss.


tomorrow is my last day at elim. let the goodbyes begin...