Message #80153

[claudiamag]

My closest friends in the world are people I've worked with. I spend more time with them at work than with my family at times.  We have been there for each other through marriage, divorce, breakups, deaths, births and new jobs - good times and bad.  That was very clear to me when my mother past away some years ago.  At the time I was the youngest admin in the office (and curiously the one with the highest position).  Despite of this, there was no jealousy or bad feelings.  Instead, when I needed it the most, all my colleagues all rallied around me and really helped me get through a horrible time.  I don't know what I would have done without their love and support.

For the past several years I have been quite sick.  I have three friends that I met at three separate jobs.  They have been a lifeline for me.  They have patiently listened to me, held my hand and cried with me when I needed it.

I always say that the most important thing any of my jobs have left in my life are the wonderful friendships I'm made at each one.