(via anditslove)
Yesterday was my last day at East Hamilton. I cried when I got home. As crazy, frustrating, and difficult as it has been sometimes, I have had a wonderful year. I can’t believe it has gone by so fast.
I had a few students give me gifts or write me notes saying how I made a difference in their lives and they would miss me.My fellow counselors continually let me know how much I would be missed. I had teachers constantly saying, “What?! You’re not coming back?! You’ve been great! We’ll miss you!” etc.
To top it all off though. One of our assistant principals came to my “good-bye” lunch with the counseling department. Let me point out that he can be a narcissistic jerk sometimes, and at first I couldn’t stand him. I eventually figured him out though and grew to like him. When he was getting ready to leave after lunch, he came over to me, GAVE ME A HUG, and said some really sweet things to me. It’s hard to understand the significance of this without knowing him, but let me just say that he does NOT hug people and rarely compliments/says sincerely nice things to people. That right there almost made me cry on the spot.
Sometimes you don’t realize the impact you’ve made on people (or that they’ve made on you) until you’re leaving…