You never think about the end at the beginning. Well you don’t spend long nights obsessing about it at least. I’ve spent long nights thinking about the job. Hours of sleep lost. I tend to do that.
What If I screwed up? Or worse. What if I was successful?
So sitting here trying to say goodbye and not leave anything out is hard. A school year goes so fast. So much happens in such a small amount of time. Things change. Who you are changes and the way you want to go about life can shift. All I can say is that I am not who I was in the fall. I’m not who was in January. And I am not who I was in April.
Taking this job was partially me trying to get over my own lack of confidence. Taking the reins, not just letting life pass me by. A chance to stand up and steal the show.
If I had said no to being Managing Editor in 2014 the best year of my entire life would not have happened. The best. I would not have met my best friend either.
I promise to remember every moment of this. The time when I was Editor in Chief. Every late night, every smile, every time I wanted to give up.
The truth is of course that I couldn’t forget, even if I wanted to.
This letter has gone through a lot of different drafts. What remains constant is me thanking Mikayla Davis for the time she was here. Saying that she was essential and that she was the only reason we’ve succeeded is a stone cold fact. I dare someone to tell me otherwise.
As far as my replacement is concerned, the moment has been prepared for. I really can’t wait for what’s coming.
Now the age of Gage comes to an end. Mallory Biggar If she be worthy – will possess all the powers of Editor in Chief.
I leave her with this advice, choose a Managing Editor who is smarter and way more talented than you.
But everybody needs something different of course so choose wisely.
I leave knowing that A legacy is intact. This paper is in a better place. And it will continue in all the days and years to come.
Everyone on staff during my time I would call my family. My brothers, but mostly my sisters. I care about them all, as any brother would. I promise that I’ll never give up on family.
I hope every one of you succeeds. Everyone. And I mean that. I don’t care how far away you go. I’ll always be right here to help; if you need me.
It seems rare that anyone truly gets a “happy ending”. So find your happy ending and don’t let anyone stop you.
I want to thank SFCC for being my home away from home for so many years.
Maybe I’ll return someday. Gage A. Lewis Instructor at Spokane Falls Community College. I like the sound of that.
Sincerely,
Gage Anthony Lewis.
“that which we are, we are,
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”– Tennyson
Extended thank you’s (in no particular order) to:
Laura Reed, Connie Scott, Liz Rognes, Erin Toungate, Mark Doerr, Conner Nuckols and Jason Nix.
You’re not just the instructors I liked most, you’re the ones that made a difference in my life.
Also, sense we are on the internet here is a video thats describes how I feel right now.