Yesterday Denise came in to work and had a meeting with the bookstore staff and Lucie and Shelby..she said she cannot keep working two jobs, she's completely exhausted and grumpy. The Literacy Council just doesn't have the money for her to work more hours, so she had to resign yesterday (she was originally going to give her two weeks' notice yesterday, but everyone thought it was better for her to have a "clean break"). She was actually going to give her notice in January after the holidays, but after Friday she just couldn't do it anymore. We were both wrecks last weekend haha, but both of us said we were sorry for what happened on Friday, so there's no lingering bad feelings. She's probably going to get more hours at Wal-Mart (I knew once she got a second job she'd eventually have to quit one of them, because that's exhausting!). She was very, very sad..she started as a customer in 2006, volunteered for awhile, then got the Bookstore Manager job in 2015 until Vicki got the job last year. She said she wants to volunteer again when she feels more balanced, and of course we're all available if she wants to go to lunch or the movies and things like that. It's definitely a big loss for the bookstore, but Vicki says we'll be just fine..I love how positive she always is! We'll hire someone great..we'll probably have to take on more things until we hire someone, but we're all good at facing things like that at work lol. We had to stop donations until the back isn't so full. I hope Denise feels better soon, and gets more rest. There's a Denise-shaped void at work now haha

About yesterday...

I'm going to say the same thing I did in 2016: "I do not like Trump, but I will not hate. I want to be a light in the darkness..I want to spread love and kindness. Even if I just help one person, it'll make a difference..love spreads and is stronger than hate. I cannot live with hate in my heart. I'm still worried, but all I can do is just..try to be a bright spot in the world. Like one of my Facebook friends said: 'Love Trumps Hate one interaction at a time. Make someone else's day brighter, actively love those around you, and make the best of today.'" We'll get through this <3

( nov 2-6 )