6/26/25

 My heart broke just a little bit today as I learned of more amazing people that I had the pleasure to work with, were terminated as our company moves forward. One of the ladies was someone I met when she managed a practice. The first time I met her she was so friendly, warm and I had a great conversation with her. 

I thought about how cool she was and it wasn’t until our next meeting I learned that she had lost her husband  two months earlier to suicide. She shared how in hind sight, she should have recognized the signs, but she didn’t. She was blind sided. It was around the time Ethan was struggling pretty hard and I had taken the QPR suicide prevention training.

I worked with her a few months and then things got switched around and she was assigned to my coworker.

I thought about her often and celebrated when I had heard she was promoted. I reached out to congratulate her. It wasn’t until months later, things switched around again. I was working with her in her new role. I was happy to watch her flawlessly tackle this role. She is someone I look up to. 

I reached out to her today to let her know she was in my thoughts and I was available if she needed to vent, have a laugh or a cry. The thing is, I don’t even know her that well. But I think very highly of her. I know that life will lead her to where she needs to be. She will land on her feet.

It’s a weird place to be happy that I get to continue on but also a little angry that this happened to people I like. I can’t imagine the shock of it all. I would have been devastated. I am glad I am not on the team that had to make these decisions, it would weigh too heavily on me.

I was distracted the rest of the day and am looking forward to having three days off next week. I made two Stromboli and put them in the freezer for our trip. 

Bright spot, today has been 1 year since Moe has joined our family. He has taught me a lot about behavior, protecting, as well as we learned some things together at dog class. He is goofy and lovable. I have complete faith that he will not allow anyone to hurt us. I enjoy his company.

A highlight of my day, I bought lemon ice cream cookies from Aldi. They were very tasty. I am not mad at myself for buying those. Two thumbs up.