So Long, Farewell

Promise you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

-A.A. Milne

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard!

-A.A. Milne

Goodbyes make you think. They make you realize what you've had, what you've lost, and what you've taken for granted.

- Ritu Ghatourey

It feels right. But it's emotional. Saying goodbye to anything you've done that long is hard.

-Angela Ruggeiro

You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.

-Cassandra Clare

Some tears are iron forged.

-Jay Kristoff

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

-Dr. Seuss

Adieu! I have too grieved a heart to take a tedious leave.

-William Shakespeare

I said goodbye-for-now to my charges yesterday - and then wished I'd brought a water bottle for the drive home. Phew! It was tough, and will continue to be.

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My friend, Jesse Louden, painted this expression of me. It is.