For Everything Good...
This has truly been an emotional weekend. On Friday afternoon, the final offer of a new job at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) came through - which I quickly accepted. I will now be the archivist and Assistant Director of the WSMR Museum. Since leaving WSMR in 1994, I have tried repeatedly to find a job which would allow me to return, always to no avail. It finally happened. I also will finally be able to use my degrees (BA and MA in History), which I have not been able to do.
With this good news comes a heavy heart. I love (for the most part) my current job. I have been working in higher ed now in some capacity for 8 years. I am going to miss the interaction with students and faculty - well, most faculty anyway - and the challenges I have faced. Most especially, though, I will miss the staff I work everyday with, especially the wonderful ladies that work for me, they are what is making this decision so difficult.
All good is tempered with something bad and this weekend certainly proved that. For the last few weeks, Liss and I have been thinking of baby names, how we would fit the newest addition into this house, what else we would need to buy before December. We were almost giddy with the excitement of welcoming another addition to our growing family, but we lost the baby Friday night. This terrible blow has left us both with such a huge range of emotions that, to be honest, I have not been able to understand how I feel. I'm deeply saddened but terribly angry at the same time. What has helped is having my three kids to help me realize just how lucky I actually am.
I know that as time goes by, things will get better, as they did with Angel, but until then any prayers you could send our way would help tremendously.
With this good news comes a heavy heart. I love (for the most part) my current job. I have been working in higher ed now in some capacity for 8 years. I am going to miss the interaction with students and faculty - well, most faculty anyway - and the challenges I have faced. Most especially, though, I will miss the staff I work everyday with, especially the wonderful ladies that work for me, they are what is making this decision so difficult.
All good is tempered with something bad and this weekend certainly proved that. For the last few weeks, Liss and I have been thinking of baby names, how we would fit the newest addition into this house, what else we would need to buy before December. We were almost giddy with the excitement of welcoming another addition to our growing family, but we lost the baby Friday night. This terrible blow has left us both with such a huge range of emotions that, to be honest, I have not been able to understand how I feel. I'm deeply saddened but terribly angry at the same time. What has helped is having my three kids to help me realize just how lucky I actually am.
I know that as time goes by, things will get better, as they did with Angel, but until then any prayers you could send our way would help tremendously.
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