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November 2, 2006
Time Flies
So, today is the second day of my new job. It's also the second day of November, which is what would have been my stepmother's 56th birthday. Unfortunately, she died at the age of 41 (exactly the age that I am now), leaving two small children, three older stepchildren, a brother, a mother and a husband. I was working full time, going to library school, and was newly married when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. I took time off from school to care for my newborn brother, and my husband and I lived in Brooklyn for several months, while she underwent a bone marrow transplant. The following year, when I became pregnant, I chose to work part-time, and increase my school schedule so that I would finish prior to the birth of my first daughter. I finished my degree just a few weeks before she was born!
Why am I telling you this? Because this is the first time since 15 years ago that I am back to work full-time! This is such a big change in so many ways. To me, my work is a gift that I give to myself. I will still spend time being a daughter, granddaughter, wife, mother, sister, aunt and friend, but now I am also a full-time librarian. Hopefully, as I enter into this next phase of my life, I will continue to be a librarian at the top of her game, technologically aware, a reader, a writer and a researcher!
Everyone has been so sweet in welcoming me to the library -- the staff and Roslyn residents. Someone made sure that I had all desk supplies -- stapler, scissors, glue sticks, blue pens, etc. I am all set to do any arts and crafts project! Someone else provided me with a calendar, desk, computer, phone, and beautiful flowers. I've gotten a picture frame, good luck bamboo plant and a teacup. I've been taken to lunch, baked for, fed, watered and partied! I've gotten instruction booklets on every piece of equipment from the phone, my chair and the drawers of my desk!
So, on this bittersweet day for me, thank you, everyone for being so kind, and, as the cake said, "Welcom[ing] [me] to the Bryant Family." I am thrilled to be part of this sweet, funny, intelligent, and distinctly Bryant, family!
Posted by Michele at November 2, 2006 1:18 PM
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