Breaking Up is Hard to Do - - -

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Breaking up is the pits. I'm not talking about:

Dear John, I'm so over you it isn't even funny.
Signed,
I USED to luv ya,

Sue.

Though, we've all been down THAT road and at the time we thought our world was shattered.

And I'm not even talking about "breaking up" one household, packing it all in, and moving to another. Though goodness sakes, that is pretty hard to do too.

No, I'm talking about breaking up circles of relationships. Leaving the old circles behind and forging ahead to the new.

There is a bitter sweet quality to it - - - sad good-byes while looking ahead to new opportunities and new friendships. But it is still hard to do.

One of my Junior High students from last year contacted me to see if I'd be willing to have lunch with her and a couple of her friends before I leave. I found room in my packing schedule and - - -


Fifteen of my former Junior Highers met me for lunch Saturday. FIFTEEN!!!


I find it absolutely mind boggling that kids would want to "waste" part of their Saturday to meet their OLD (and old is the definitive word here) teacher for lunch.


But they did. It was so great to see them all together - - - it was like we hadn't ever been separated.

Remember, these kids are all separated from each other in four different school systems now - - - and yet they all came together for one last "hurrah."


Several moms who are also my friends joined us.


So sweet. So sad. So fun.



The week before, my former colleagues also met me for lunch.


We are also scattered to various new positions.


Some of us are still teaching, some have taken employment in the business world, some have gone to work for Indiana Wesleyan University,


One is a librarian, two have taken ministry positions. One of us moved an hour away, and now I'm moving two STATES away.

We will never all work together again.

Our Lakeview "family" is no more.

Times change. Life moves forward.

Bitter.

Sweet.

Breaking up is so hard to do.

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