The team I
participated on that was hardest to leave was my basketball team I played on in
high school. In seventh grade my family
and I moved to a town of about 10,000 people.
From that time I started playing basketball with a group of girls. We continued to play together until we
graduated high school. We did not win
any championships or anything but I spent a lot of time with this group of
girls. We spent many hours working
together on our basketball skills at practice and a variety of camps. We also spent many hours together outside of
basketball. We had the opportunity to
travel together and form strong relationships with each other. We watched each other grow up and mature
throughout the years. I felt many
emotions when the basketball season was over my senior year. A part of me was excited for the new
advantages that were ahead for me but I was also sad because I was not going to
have these same experiences with these same people ever again. I guess graduation was the closing ritual for
this group of girls but it would have been fun to take a trip together before
we all went our separate ways. Now with Facebook I am able to stay in touch
with many of these ladies and I enjoy seeing their families and what they have
done with their lives.
I believe
the hardest groups to leave are the ones where you have made close
relationships with the group members, you have worked hard together to meet
accomplishments and you have been a part of the team or group for a long time. I imagine I will adjourn from the group of
colleagues here at Walden by posting thank you and well wishes on their
individual blogs. I believe adjourning
is an essential stage of teamwork because it brings closer to the process and
experience. It allows people to
acknowledge their group accomplishments and look forward to what is in store
for each person in the future.