It's never easy.

• Author: Marlin, Brenda
• Position: Marketing Edge - Brief Article

To say goodbye is never easy, especially when you have to say it to a group of people whom I've enjoyed serving the past five years. Bank marketing has been my passion for a number of years, having experienced it myself as a bank marketer at two community banks and as an advocate for bank marketing at the ABA. But all good things, at one time or another, must come to an end.

As a military wife, I move where my husband moves. So alas, we move once again, this time to Fort Carson, Colo. As a military spouse, I've been blessed to serve alongside my husband, whom I'm very proud of. The military has taken us to many incredible places, one of which is here in the Washington, D.C. area, where I've had the opportunity to work for the ABA. I've often said when I first began working here, "Someone pinch me, this cannot be real."

While working for ABA, I have had the chance to speak and write on behalf of the industry, worked with the best councils over the years and served alongside some of the most incredible colleagues, both inside and...