Truth be told, I hate goodbyes. When I left my job at a special needs school, saying goodbye to the kiddos was so hard that I cut my two-week notice in half. This time I just resigned, effective immediately. My soul can't take many more goodbyes.
One of my nurses texted me to ask how my day was, which told me that management didn't tell them I quit. Slowly, the texts came trickling in, so I sent a text to the group of them, "Hey ladies, just wanted to let you know (since management didn't) that I resigned today. I hope you don't take this personally. You are all phenomenal, and I love and learned so much from all of you - keep being awesome.
And their responses made me cry...in totally the opposite way that my mom's texts did. In a good way. In a way that made me feel seen, heard, and validated.