Leaving, On a Jet Plane...

Today I said goodbye to a dear friend who is relocating over 400 miles away (to Scottsbluff, Nebraska) after accepting a teaching/coaching position. She is one of the more fortunate recent college graduates to actually have a job within six months after graduating. An article earlier this year reported that the unemployment rate for college grads had doubled within the last year, with almost 2 million college graduates still unemployed!

We've worked together over the last 4 years at an after-school program for high-risk youth and, naturally, grown close. We've grown together, and our shared experiences have helped us develop into the teachers we will become. It is quite sad to see her go, but she heard opportunity knocking and answered the door, let him in, poured him a drink, and invited him for dinner. I'm proud of her for taking a positive risk and relocating so many miles away. I wonder, if faced with the same opportunity after I graduate, will I be willing to take a risk?