Work Families

A lot of folks need to move away from their towns they grew up in, away from family and friends, for work. Myself included.

There's a few reasons why this is good for you and there's a lot more reasons why this can be a tough thing to do.

Good Reasons:

-Seeing new places

-Meeting new people

-Experiencing new things

-Making more money (sometimes)

-Getting away from family drama

These are some great reasons to move away and explore new surroundings. I've met a lot of fantastic friends everywhere I've lived, I've got to do new things like go up in a Hot Air Balloon, meet bands and musicians all over the place. See beautiful sights.

I've also missed a lot of amazing things, a lot of things I wish I could have been home for, and missed a lot of goodbyes.

This past year, many of my friends have had adorable babies. I wasn't there to hold their hands, be there for their baby showers, visit them after they were all settled at home and bring them gifts. This summer, I'll be missing several important weddings two amazing friends weddings and my cousins. I'm grateful for things like Facebook so I can see their babies and see what they looked like on their wedding days. But I really wish teleporting was a thing...its 2016 why doesn't this exist!?!

I've missed a lot of funerals as well. Not that you really want to go to a funeral, they are sad and heartbreaking. But I wish I could have been there to mourn with family and friends. Suicides have happened several times since I've moved away in 2012 I wasn't there to cry with friends and family and understand why someone would want to do that to themselves. Amazing people who were once in my life be it for a short amount of time or my entire life have passed be it of old age, cancer etc and I never got a chance to say goodbye. It makes me sad, it makes me homesick.

But one thing I've caught on to, is that others have been through all of this too.

You spend most of your time with your co-workers they see you every day about 8 hours a day. They know when you are feeling down, they know when you are happy. The right ones will reach out to you when they know you need to talk. These people are called your work family.

I've been apart of many work families and these people have helped me out in more ways than they realize. Be it making me laugh one day when something back home brought me down, or being that person I can cry and vent to. These people care about you. They will form a circle around you and they'll make you feel better even if its just enough to get you through the work day.

I've said this before and I'll say it again 2016 has been a bad bad year. A lot of people have been laid off from their jobs this year...there's just not enough work in trades right now. My boyfriend was laid off this year. Thankfully for only a few days. But I remember coming home and he told me and I bawled. I bawled like I was the one who lost their job. He was so calm about it and kept it together. I went to work the next day just stressed out not knowing how we would pay for anything and a co-worker told me she had been there and that something else would come up. And the next day everything was okay again! Reach out to people, they'll be there for you. Don't push them away.

Here's a calming ass photo I took to cheer you up after reading this kind of sad blog.