Communicare

I started working in Communicare in May 2003.   I have worked there for nearly 10 years and during that time developed a massive passion for my job and have enjoyed every minute of working there.  Today, due to government funding cuts, Communicare is closing.

They say as one door closes another one opens and for most of us in Communicare this is true.  We have all been lucky enough to have made choices that have enabled us to move on positively from this quite harrowing situation.  But, it amazes me how much a part of my life Communicare has become.

I realised that you  spend more time with your work colleagues than you do your own family.  And considering the long shifts that we all  worked , for the majority, we all got on and we all became members of an extended family.   My Communicare family saw me through the births of my children, a messy divorce, bereavement, meeting Jurgen, having more children, weddings...and the list goes on.   They have all worked harder to cover my maternity leave, we have all covered shifts due to annual leave and sickness and we all did it, mostly, with a smile.

I am immensely proud that I made the decision to work in Communicare and that my path has crossed with such great people.  In my opinion your life is predetermined and I was meant to meet these people and they all were meant to have an impact on my life.  I have laughed with you all, sometimes hysterically.  I have cried with some of you.  I have had the hump with many of you.  But you are all my friends and I shall miss each and every one of you.

Today our new lives begin and I want to wish everyone the best of luck in whatever path they have chosen.  Communicare will be greatly missed, as the service we provided was first class and an essential part of the community.  Its a dreadful shame that this little known government funding cut will truly effect the lives of so many.

Tonight, we will drink, all together, for the first time.   I will raise a glass to Communicare and remember with fondness my life for the last ten years.  Its a scary thought, that I won't have my confort blanket of Communicare to see me through my next job but hopefully by the end of the night I will be too drunk to care!

It has been a pleasure ladies.  And I , for one, will be shedding a few tears today because it truly is the end of an era.