Everyone has been part of a group at one point in their life. With every group there are multiple stages. The last stage is the adjourning stage. This is the stage where the group is leaving/dismissing. This can sometime be the hardest stage in a group. 

One of the hardest groups to leave that I was apart of was my high school band my sophomore year. Though I continued to be part of the group through out my whole high school career my sophomore year was the hardest year to leave for the summer. My sophomore year we were such a big family. We achieved so much by doing great at competitions, to helping a terminally ill classmate, to having the honor of representing the State of Michigan at the World War II memorial opening in Washington D.C. We also were invited to play at many other national events and also we were also invited to play in Ireland at their St. Patrick's Day Parade. Because of money we only were able to choose one and we decided to play in D.C. It was also hard to leave this group for the summer because our teacher was retiring. We were all very close and it was hard to say goodbye to her and all the seniors who were not coming back. To say goodbye we had a awards ceremony/good bye party. One last time to spend time together. It was hard at the end but we still stay in contact with each other. Especially when our classmate that was terminally ill past away the following December. We got back together and held each other through this hard time. We still stay in contact through Facebook till this day but we are not as close as we were. 

To be honest since this my program is all online I have not really gotten close to my classmates. I look forward to reading their post and see who will follow me into my advocacy program.