Here it comes, the hardest part of my impending graduation: goodbyes. I hate them. I don't do them well. My heart breaks a little when I have to say goodbye.
A lot of people say, it's not really goodbye but see you later. And in some cases that's true. But not all.
Tonight I had to say goodbye to Sharkey, one of the members of the professional staff at the Collegian. And, sadly, I have a feeling it may be a true goodbye. After spending three semesters hearing him call me "katiedid" and joking with him and Dave it's hard to comprehend not having him tighten up pages back in shop for me.
And this is just the first of many goodbyes, and not the hardest. I'm not made for this. I'm far too sentimental. That's why I'm going to find it so hard to leave. Some people can't wait to be out of here and onto the next chapter. But what I'm not ready for is the characters in this chapter of my life to change. I know that means new people will fill the pages of my life, but I love the ones who I am sharing it with now.
Makes me think of a quote from one of my favorite books, "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer:
"So many people enter and leave your life. Hundreds of thousands of people. You have to keep the door open so they can come in. But it also means you have to let them go."
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