'fond farewell'

A fond farewell means that although you may not see that person for a very long time, you are wishing them well, or blessing their future with fortune, because of the fondness or love that you have shared with them in the past.
There had a be a bond or relationship or good times shared, for a farewell to be fond. But to farewell (without the fond bit) someone has the same meaning. So "fond farewell" is a reinforced phrase, a little of a truism.
The phrase is a bit of a cliche. 

Your Fond Farewell Guide

A fond farewell gives you one more chance to connect...
Do it right and they'll want to come back.

Are you uncomfortable with goodbyes?

Ever been stuck for what to give as a going away gift or what to write as a farewell speech or letter?

Lost for goodbye quotes or notes for a card?
Or do you need some going away party ideas?

This website will help you navigate the etiquette when it's time to have a good 'bye' and give you some inspiration for a wonderful send-off.

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Saying goodbye meaningfully is something that we could all do better.

In this modern world, taking time out to reflect on a person’s time in any community, before they move on to a new beginning, is one more chance to really connect with that person.

Think of it as a chance to share joy for those little interpersonal moments.
When people gather to bear witness to that passage of time, the result can be a wonderful form of positive closure.

Everybody likes to feel that the time spent within a community has been special, and that they are appreciated.

Whether as a celebration or a nostalgic goodbye, the most important thing about a fond farewell is to be remembered well, for both the person leaving and the rest left behind.
So that meeting again is all the better.

May your days be many and your troubles be few.
May all God's blessings descend upon you.
May peace be within you, May your heart be strong...
May you find what you're seeking wherever you roam.
(Irish Toast)

 

 

The Sweetness of Feeling Fond of Your Partner

Do you ever catch yourself in a moment of special fondness for your partner? Maybe at a party you see your wife talking animatedly with a friend and feel a rush of fondness for her. Or as you watch your husband working in the garden, you suddenly feel really fond of him.

Fondness is one of the special rewards of a genuinely warm and caring relationship. Obviously, I'm not talking about the "nothing special" form of fondness that people have in mind when they say things like, "I'm fond of him, but I certainly don't love him."

The fondness that I'm speaking about is a gentle, quiet emotion, not passionate or intense but heartfelt - something that is likely to endure. The experience of fondness has little or nothing to do with thinking or attitude. It is instead an act of seeing, in which you catch your partner doing something endearing.
Fondness is a gentle mix of friendliness, affection and affinity. It is the sort of thing you might say about a good friend. To be able to say it about your partner is a special treat. Fondness is often the mellow experience of a well-burnished relationship that has endured for some time.

How do you get to experience fondness toward your partner, if you don't already? You have to like that person; the relationship has to be free enough of conflict for the sun to shine through, so to speak.
You have to experience your partner in order to feel fondness toward her/him. This sounds self-evident, but some people seldom have a simple experience of the other person; instead they are full of ideas, concepts and conclusions, and thinking about those is what passes for experience.

You must have stayed together and worked at the relationship long enough to come to an acceptance of the other person as s/he is. Fondness often is what you feel toward your partner after the tempest, when you have made piece with the relationship as it is. You get to experience fondness after you have stopped trying to change your partner.