I knew this day would come

But I still was not prepared for it....
After 10 years of being together,sometimes just the two of us, we got to be like family. She knew my moods and I hers..knew how far she could push me and when to draw back and leave me alone. She helped me through tough times with my husband, my finances and my own self-doubt. And in 3 weeks,she will be gone...
I am sad, but I am happy for her. She will have more opportunities for promotion than her or I would ever get staying. She will be able to retire with a body that won't be torn up by hard physical work. And I will miss the shit out of her.
She's been a sister,a friend, a confidant. A shoulder to cry on, a hand to high five and a kick in the butt when I needed it. We have bitched about management together, fought numerous wars against massive insect invasions and wondered together "what the hell are they thinking?"
We've seen crops change, technology change and so many personnel changes you couldn't count them on both hands.
She bought me a set of jammies for my birthday 5 years ago, and I still wear them every night because they are so comfortable. She has two boy dogs to which I am Auntie Mary and she is Auntie Jo to my two girls. She likes her bananas a bit underripe,while I prefer mine a bit on the riper side...which worked out great because everyday each of us would have the type we prefer.

I will miss her dearly. More so than anyone I have ever worked with in my 20 years.
I mentally file through the list of people who could be possible replacements, and I find none.
She is truly one of a kind,irreplaceable.

And so November 20th will arrive and I will have a new coworker to train. Someone who will have to be taught how to work with not only the plants, and "the system" but with me.