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Changes, Happiness, and a Few Tears Change is inevitable for most of us. The jobs we hold, the places we work, the people we know, even our families grow and change over time. As I get older and live longer, I've learned to accept, appreciate, and flow with changes. I might resist, delay, embrace, or anticipate tomorrow, knowing there is always a positive and negative side to things. This week, one of my colleagues retired. Annabel has been a part of Redgate nearly as long as I have, and we've worked together for many years. If you've ever attended a Redgate event, live or online, she likely had a part to play in the planning, organizing, execution, financing, and every other part of the process. My colleague, Allison, made a wonderful post yesterday, on Annabel's final day with memories and thoughts from their time together. I wrote my own post with pictures and memories of our time together. There are so many more, and every time I think about our history, I'm touched, blessed, thrilled, and sad. At PASS Europe last week, we said goodbye to Annabel at the last event she's worked on. We toasted, laughed, and cried. She shed tears, which is a rarity, but Grant and I probably cried the most. She's been a part of our lives and careers for many, many years. Even typing these words brings tears to my eyes. The future brings opportunity and excitement. It also brings sadness and wistfulness of the past. I can enjoy the memory of what I've experienced, miss the way things were, balancing those feelings with the my view forward to what is coming. I can also think about what didn't go well previously. We've had some issues at events, challenges, stressful times. Both at events, and while working with others in technology. I can learn from the past, be proud of the war stories, be glad we got past the failures, celebrate our successes, and plan to do better tomorrow. The thing I miss most about growing older and moving forward are the people who I enjoyed spending time with. Those are the memories that stick with me more than the projects, the successful tech solutions, the elegant and fast code, the awards, bonuses, and achievements. I miss the humans who have touched my life, and hopefully, whose lives I've touched. I wish Annabel the best in retirement, I'm excited for where she journeys tomorrow. I hope those of you reading this make, cherish, and enjoy the great friends in your life.
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