the difference in a day

Cities feel different when people leave. I am not a fan of change, it actually sends me on a tailspin. I am a routine type person. I like my days to look the same…and i like the people around me to stay consistent. But when you are dealing with people you cant guarantee that people will stay consistent. they all have lives and other people in their life that they are looking out for.

All of this to say today is the day that my boss and his family left. They are headed back to Colorado Springs. So this morning when i woke up Birmingham felt different. there was a little void in my little world.

Tomorrow when i go to work i will be reminded of the void. I will get there and there will be a personality missing. There will be stories missing. There will be a smile missing.

Don’t get me wrong, i am glad that they are getting to be with their family and back to where they call home. But doesn’t mean i like them to be gone. I would have loved for them to stay. For me to get to see their kids grow up and have southern accents.

But they will love their home again. So i am happy to see them find their home and community. Or as Anne Jackson so often and puts it very well “their tribe.”

So if you read this today pray for their cross country drive and their transition back into their lives in Colorado.