Friday.

About 4 weeks ago, I made the tough decision to resign from my position at Elmcroft as the Healthy Lifestyles Director to pursue my growing passion…photography.

It was not an easy decision to make, simply because it meant giving up the chance to see my residents everyday that I now consider Grandparents as well as several staff members who I have grown to love and respect so much. This will not be easy.

So, this Friday is my last day. I have been fighting tears, mainly because some of my residents have been crying on a daily basis ever since I shared the news of my resignation, and I don’t want to fall apart in front of them.

Today, I held onto those tears until I went to sit with a woman who has become dear to my heart. She was sleeping when I went in…one arm clinging to a doll that one of our amazing Hospice staff members must have given her today, the other hand gently resting on her cheek. She is not doing well. Ever since she came to Elmcroft several months ago, I have made an effort to sit and talk with her before I go home every day. Her smile and conversation was always enough to make any bad day just fine.
I love and respect her, just as I would my own Grandma.
Today, I just sat and wept beside her bed and held her hand.

I have a lot to process.

This is definitely the right move for me, considering I am booked nearly every weekend with weddings & portrait sessions from April – October. It would have been too much to stay.

Please pray for me as I make yet another change. Another transition. More uncertainty. A continual part of life, so I’d better get used to it.

Just wanted to share that news. Thank you to everyone who has been so supportive of this decision to follow the open doors that are leading me to photography…but I am really going to miss my people.
(pictured below is another woman at Elmcroft who I simply adore…she’ll dance circles around anyone!)