Team Head signing off

This was an email I sent to my team earlier....now posted here for my own future recollection....

Hi dear team,

With CK coming on board in 2011, I will now bid my farewell as your Team Head, though I'll still be around as your Cross-Border partner, on the 8th floor.

I am not known to be politically correct or fake, so here's my personal heartfelt thoughts and thanks....

Some of you think I can't wait to move on, but some of you know I'll be sad.
Being a Team Head doesn't come naturally for me, I had my own journey to come to this place, and I had lots of help. Which is why I want to thank you all for being such a great team. Thanks for sticking together for 2010, for accepting me as I am (yes I know sometimes you have no choice but still) and accepting one another as a team. Partly because of you, I finally enjoy being a manager and by the way, I am veyr proud of being your Team Head. :] If you can't tell by now.

As always, special thanks to Jeffrey, for stepping up, for being there. Looking back, we've been through a lot and glad to say our differences have served us well. You are great! I truly hope you find personal as well as career success.
And Shirley, Michelle, Jovie and Fen, 1 year ++ is not short, thanks for being real with me and providing some sanity with you girly company, to the sometimes lonely leadership role that I am in.
And for all of you, I appreciate you for who you are. The extremities of our work have accelerated the quality of our relationship and I do hope we stay in touch. :) I believe things happen for a reason, and in this case my interactions with you have made me a better manager each time.

Last but not least, I sincerely wish each one of you happiness and good success, the kind that not just money will bring.

2010 holds many good memories for me, and with that, I am looking forward to 2011 with the new giants to conquer. May it be that way for you too!

Have a blessed Christmas and a fruitful 2011. See ya around (& on FB)...

God bless!

* No more huddles for remaining week