Playing Songs On My Guitar

I’ve worked with a lot of different people over the years. When you stay at one place for a long time you see a lot of people come and go. Friendships are made and work is done and then people leave and someone new arrives. There is always a mix of different personalities and different talents that hopefully will grow into a productive unit. Every so often, I’ve wound up working with one or two special people that fit well and more work and better work was the result. Lately, I have found myself in a situation where the entire staff working under me has been special. The strengths and qualities of the very different people have meshed and extraordinary things have been accomplished. Everyone worked together as a true team to complete the tasks at hand. In some very difficult situations, these co-workers went above and beyond the call of duty. They sacrificed and never complained. Well, they complained a little. Actually, some complained a lot. But the work always came first and they always cared about the quality of what we were doing. What impressed me most was the dedication to our mission. Not discounting the contributions of any other staffers, as a whole, this is the best “team” that I been blessed to work with.

Sadly, I’ve learned that our team is breaking up. Shortly, I will be saying goodbye to these fine young ladies. This is difficult for me. Probably because of the hard work we’ve had to do in tough situations, I’ve grown closer to this bunch than I have most co-workers. Actually, it’s probably because these are very special people that I am talking about. Their work is outstanding because they are outstanding people that I am privileged to know. Frankly, I may just feel closer to them because of Twitter and Facebook and I always know what they’re eating, what they’re doing or what they’re thinking.

So to Brenda, Valerie, Morgan, and Clarice I thank you and I salute you. My tribute to my favorite, your mother hen, Calvary Bird is forthcoming. The Lord used our teamwork in so many ways to reach so many with our efforts. It has been an extreme pleasure to see you guys grow and mature into the young ladies of God that you all are. I will miss each of you, professionally and personally, more than I can say.