It’s been one great experience

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This will be the last column I write for the Maryville Daily Forum.

After much contemplation, I made the difficult decision to leave The Forum.

It was an incredibly hard decision to make, but after many long discussions with my husband, and several prayers, we both decided it would be in the best interest of our family for me to resign from my position.

It was still a difficult choice to make, even after recognizing it would be the best for me and my family.

It’s been an incredible opportunity to work here for the past few months, and I’ve had the great fortune to work with some very talented people.

I would like to send out a very heartfelt “thank you” to Phil Cobb and Jim Fall; thank you for taking a chance and giving me an opportunity with your newspaper.

Thank you for taking the time to teach me about the newspaper business and showing me the different things I could do to improve my writing and reporting.

Thank you for having faith in me, and believing that I was good enough to work for your nrewspaper; I hope I did you proud during my time here.

I respect and appreciate you both very much.

I would also like to extend my thanks to the people, schools, and businesses of Nodaway County; thank you for sharing your stories and your lives with me during my time at the Daily Forum.

It was a privilege and a pleasure getting to chat with each and every one of you, and I hope I always treated your stories with the respect they deserved.