Did I Finish Strong? Did I walk straight? What will be said of me?

It seems as though this day would never come. The end of FPO. This feeling though in my stomach is vaguely familiar. It reminds me a lot of how the past two summers have ended for me. Anyone who has ever worked at SWO knows what this feels like. You are going strong trying to finish well and pour every last ounce of your energy into these kids and then all of a sudden it is over. Just as quickly as it came upon you it is now gone. You wonder what happened, you wonder if you can gain any of your sanity back, and if these people you just spent the last three months of your life with will become your new best friends when you all part your ways. Is it possible to get that close with a person in just three short months, that can't be true. It is though. It happens. It happened to me again, I am walking away from this experience with not only more tools in my toolbox, but also with more people to love in my corner. these people are now a part of my heart and I don't think I could remove them even if that desire crossed my mind. God has grafted them into my soul. I have once again gotten to experience what true community is all about. So as I look at saying goodbye to these fine people.....I'm just not going to say goodbye...I will say see you soon, because I just know that I will....I heard someone say that as a person in my line of work you get really good at saying goodbye...to friends, to family, to even children one day.....I think that we also become equally good at saying Hello!