Families come in many shapes and sizes. We have our spouse and children, our extened family, those we've been friends with for so long that they are like family, and then those who we work with each day and have come to depend on. With our work family, we share problems, stories, and solutions; We spend more time with our work family than our Home families.
My work family is a sisterhood. Without my sisters, my day to day realities of my job would be unbearable. But my sisters help me not only get through each day, but enjoy each day with their stories, laughter, advice, tears, and tantrums. Today my family was torn apart.
The sisters I've been with for 4 years have been "let go". Our leadership keeps referring to them as "those impacted", and are delicate and gentle and caring when referring to and interacting with them. Because I will remain intact, so to speak, I am not "impacted".
No one has delicately taken me aside to discuss my next steps, even though my day to activities have changed; no one has gently asked if I am going to be "ok" in my new environment, new activities, without my sisters to help me make it through; because, I have not been impacted. I am lost, scared, angry, and broken. But I am not Impacted!
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