I have worked with Heidi since my first day. She is the one who originally hired me to work rush weeks as a cashier at the bookstore. I eventually landed in the warehouse and she became the fiscal person. She is always very sunny and happy. She has a great big heart and is friendly to every one. I have seen her talk angry customers down and it is just her way. She projects a lot of empathy even when there isn't anything she can do for that customer.
We have been facebook friends for awhile. And every once in awhile the two of us manage to connect for a private chat. Mostly we are both so busy that the timing never works out. So tonight I had time and she had time and we chatted. We didn't have anything serious to talk about. Just life in general. Reminisced about some of the people who have passed through our bookstore lives. Oh we miss May.
Heidi feels the bookstore losses more than I do. I learned a long time ago that people at work are like your work family, but when they leave.....mostly they are gone. Like that old adage that people are in your life for a reason or a season.
Facebook seems to keep us connected a little longer. For me, I end up unfriending after awhile if that is the only connection and it really isn't much of one. I don't want to live in the past too much. Nice to have memories, but I'm busy making them.
So I loved having that time to connect with Heidi. It is hard to have longer than a minute and a half conversations at work. Heidi is a lot of things that I am not. She is very outgoing and social. She is crafty and organized. She is patient. I guess opposites attract or big hearts hear each other beating. And it is always nice to connect with people who ground me and make me smile.. Thanks Heidi.
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