To a Short and Beautiful Friendship

As we began the second week, one of my beautiful teammates, Julianne, made the hard choice to leave us and go on a different journey. I am so in love with my team, so it was definitely a huge loss. She is a beautiful girl and such a sweetheart. I am so sad that her path is one that takes her away from us after we have only known her for a week.

I have such respect for her though. She realized that she needed to do something different, and I admire how she knew this about herself so early on.

It doesn't matter that I only have known her for a week. I love her. I'm planning to stay in touch. It's hard but I love her all the more for making this call. What incredible strength and maturity. Even if I felt that I couldn't give everything I have to this organization, I think I wouldn't have had the courage to do what was right in this situation.

Middle America is actually the luckiest. We get to have a sixth teammate.

We didn't lose one; we are gaining another.

Love you Julianne. You will be missed.