An emotional day. After nearly four years Cyndi, our Chief Operations Officer, spends her last day working in her DC office. Lucky for us she is not leaving the company only the DC office, but it was a difficult day nonetheless. Cyndi and her husband Keith are relocating to beautiful Oregon.
Lamar Associates has employees and contractors all over the United States and with Cyndi being our centerpoint - we communicate by telephone and computer and as we do, we picture Cyndi in our mind's eye setting at her desk on the second floor of the grand old place just behind the Capitol, pounding the letters off the keyboard with her two finger style (she has literally beat the letters off every keyboard she's had). Her chair rolls over the wooden floor as she works at a blinding pace; not allowing the petty distractions of the street noise, creaks of the old house, or some passing street person screaming in a psychotic rage, distract her from the task at hand. In our mind's eye we see her in the morning sun out sweeping the porch and sidewalk while checking the plants, greeting the FedEx man, and a pot of coffee brews.
We know the investigations we worked to locate American Indians for the Office of Special Trustee who were owed money had such joyous and happy outcomes that her tears are forever there, etched into the fabric of the place we call our office. We reconnected families and were even able to tell those adopted at birth who they were.
She has been known, while sitting at her desk, to sing along with Johnny Cash's Burning Ring of Fire - ouch!! She has been the professional face people first see when visiting our place on the Hill. She prepared the fare for our receptions and made sure everyone was tended to and made to feel welcome.
One only take time to read her Blog entry (see Nov posts) the day after the national election to know what DC has meant to her and to learn that her presence left ripples even in the most powerful city in the world.
We will adjust to the change and wish Keith and Cyndi the best in their new surroundings - good things for good people.
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