It’s my final day of employment, for awhile, and the end couldn’t be any more bittersweet. I’ve been bullied out of a job but had the strength to know when enough was enough. Just when I thought it wouldn’t get any worse, the two weeks following my resignation welcomed increased turmoil from human resources. I caught our chief operations officer commenting to co-workers ‘He is really giving her a hard time. It’s not right what he’s doing to her.’ Other employees even thanked me for taking the burden of this leadership’s frustration from them. Not the way I would have planned it, but it was what it was. I did my best to hang in there until the very end.

A few coworkers stopped to give their final farewell in my last days; a confirmation my work was done. They said “I brought the spirit of prayer alive in the office, left an unforgettable impression and filled the place with love, joy and laughter”. Those are some powerful words, ones I could only inspire to be and yet, that was the legacy I left. I’m saving these cards to remind myself of the possibilities that happen when I step aside and let God take control. His work through me here has been done. Now we’re heading off to ‘the land of many cornfields’, where I can only imagine the beautiful things we’ll do together!