Exit

EXIT....how many times a day do we see this word? It is over doors, it is on highways, it is in movie theatres. One of the online dictionaries defines exit like this:

1. The act of going away or out. To make one's exit; depart.
2. A passage or way out.

3. The departure of a performer from the stage.
4. Death.

Today I have my Exit Interview with CSISD. Today, I remember how, as a young woman of 20, I did my student teaching in this district. How I interviewed and was so excited and proud to be a member of this family of educators. I am also extremely blessed that my daughters were able to be educated in this district from Kindergarten on. And now, I'm saying goodbye. I'm exiting.

I looked at that definition again and saw so many similarities in my departure from CSISD. I am making my departure. I will no longer be a member of this family. Wonder if they will remember me? Did I make a difference? I think "the departure of a performer from the stage" would have some of my colleagues laughing. I'm pretty sure at times, they wanted this performer to depart the stage! Did I make them laugh? Did I "perform" my job to the best of my ability? Death - not so sure about this definition! : ) I am sure that part of this does feel like a death. There will be tears and there will be goodbyes to people I will never see again. But there is also a new life waiting for me........One that I thank God for every single day. I will never forget to be thankful for this new life and all the blessings that Christ has bestowed on me and on Kevin as well. So, as I exit CSISD, I am entering a new phase of my life. The best phase. With a godly man that I adore.

~Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:17

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