[Magdalen] Fw: A final Thank-you, and Farewell.

[Kate Conant]

God bless you and keep you, Mike.

Kate

"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8


On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 2:41 AM M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> What I just sent to my former Water Resources Agency family.  I revised it
> many, many, many times, as one can no doubt assume.  The only signatory not
> receiving it, is, my former supervisor.  It is only fitting that,
> considering the banality of what she wrote, that she hear of this, rather
> than receive it directly.
>
> This hurt.  But I needed to write it.
>
> -----Forwarded Message-----
> From: M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> Sent: Aug 12, 2018 11:29 PM
> To: bucheb at co.monterey.ca.us, foxworthyme1 at co.monterey.ca.us,
> mossc at co.monterey.ca.us, criollog at co.monterey.ca.us,
> mirandaab at co.monterey.ca.us, vosstl at co.monterey.ca.us,
> saavedram at co.monterey.ca.us, ramirezec at co.monterey.ca.us,
> chardavoynede at co.monterey.ca.us, fenleyjm at co.monterey.ca.us,
> lealeh at co.monterey.ca.us, roitzjs at co.monterey.ca.us,
> kriegermd at co.monterey.ca.us, nobles at co.monterey.ca.us,
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> paladinica at co.monterey.ca.us, campat at co.monterey.ca.us,
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> Cc: mosst at co.monterey.ca.us, trapanimp at co.monterey.ca.us,
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> giless at co.monterey.ca.us, donlankl at co.monterey.ca.us
> Subject: A final Thank-you, and Farewell.
>
> Dear card signatories:
>
> I cannot thank you enough for the thought and compassion that went into
> your participation in the card-signing and financial contribution regarding
> my departure from the Agency after 25.5 years.  The money, especially, is
> of untold signficance, considering the immediate future I am both facing,
> and indeed already experiencing.  As former President Clinton once said,
> "It's the economy, [rest deleted]."  Plus, I lose my County medical
> insurance at the end of this month.  So, every dollar counts right now, and
> I repeat my thanks for the contribution.  It cannot but help.
>
> A significant clarification, however, needs to be made.  What I'm told
> began as a "resignation card", quickly, or so it seems from many of the
> comments made in it, morphed itself into a "retirement card".  Nothing
> could be further from the truth.  No "new chapters", no "next adventures",
> except as come as part of the necessity that prevails.  I will no doubt
> need to pull my retirement soon so as to have some form of guaranteed
> income from here on out.  But my resignation was exactly that, and not in
> any way should it be construed as a "retirement" per se.  There are times
> in one's life when one simply knows one needs to make a certain decision,
> no matter how painful.  I found myself in that situation, and I was
> required by both common sense and the need to preserve my health, to make
> the horrifically necessary decision to sever my ties with the Agency and
> "cast my bread upon the waters", Biblically speaking.  Due to most likely
> having to pull a way too early retirement, I will no doubt be needing to
> work in some other capacity for well beyond my ability to claim Medicare at
> 65 (still 12 years hence; don't let the grey hair fool you).  With any
> luck, I will be able to experience something like a real "retirement"
> before I pass through the veil.  Let's just say that I've been given, by
> circumstances, the necessity of testing the faith that once one's bread is
> cast upon said waters, something equivalent, or hopefully better, comes
> floating back.  If not, one just deals as best one can, hopefully in a
> positive light.
>
> Any of you that are prayin' sorts, I covet all you can spare.
>
> I leave you all (and only a few of you really know me in any significant
> regard) with two thoughts.
>
> One is in the form of a Q&A.
>
> Q:  How may sides are there to a story?
> A:  At least two.
>
> And lastly:
>
> Be nice to one another.  It takes so much extra effort to do the opposite.
>
> Farewell,
>
> M J (Mike) Logsdon (Rev)
> (831) 594-5476.
>