Last Goodbyes

 March 28th was our last day on duty at WillowBridge. It was a strange feeling to know it was THE last day. 

I started the day alone in the WillowBridge office with my coffee cup - where I've started many days in the last 20 months. I sat quietly, pondering and waking up. (We had no furniture in our apartment by this point, so if I wanted to sit anywhere, it had to be in the office or community room.)

Ryan and Lexi joined me, eventually, because again - no furniture.

Pretty much the only thing I could do that day was take notes. Everything else was already shifted to Sean and Sarah at that point. 

We met up with a Gateway coworker for coffee, and while we were gone, my friend Julie and her mom came over and gifted us an apartment cleaning. We were SO grateful. 

That afternoon, we said goodbye to our tenants. This one was so sad to see Lexi go. 

And then we were done. We had dinner with Sean and Sarah (it was Sarah's birthday) and then we did last pictures with our empty apartment.

March 29th was our final moving day. We woke up and walked over to the coffee shop for one last breakfast and coffee date.

One last picture with WillowBridge. 

And then our final goodbyes to Rob, Cordin, Travon, Sean, and Sarah. Sean and Sarah prayed over us, said goodbye to Braeya and Lexi, and then it was time for us to go!

We have no photos of the move itself. Ryan and I were both crying, and so was Braeya. Lexi barked most of the way to Bluffton. We were all kind of a mess, and it felt representative of life, a bit, I think. But come back tomorrow, because I'll have some beautiful firsts for you!