So Long My Friend, Until We Meet Again

Originally I was going to post this on monday but I felt as though this was too important to me, to myself, to wait. On Monday, December 27, 2010 a good friend of mine will be leaving me. My friend Crystal is leaving to return home to Kansas to continue her schooling in a grad school there. I couldn't be happier for her and I am glad to have gotten to see her graduate but also there is some sadness in her leaving.

I don't think I have ever really had a friend I was so close to leave so far away where I would not be able to see them someway or somehow but I mean she is leaving to a completely different state. Its now I realize and I wish I had spent so much more time with her. I wish I could have hung out more, laughed more, taken more pictures and had made even more memories. Not that I am not appreciating the times we did spend together its just this is so new it's like, man I wish I had.

I'm sad but I know I should be happy. She is going where she feels she is called by God and I believe she will be doing something great with her pursuits and I look forward to the future. I know she isn't gone forever for one reason or another I know she will visit or be back down some day. Even so I will miss her and all the fun times we have had but I believe this is all apart of growing up and doing what God wants. I know now what my friends must have felt like when I told them I wanted to attend a seminary out of state. I told them despite their protests that i was going and now I feel like an idiot for not understanding them and sympathizing and considering what it would be like if any of them left out of state. I understand the feeling more now and I know even if I am sad I should support her in her decision!

So If you have any friends who might be form out of state at school, work or where you live, take time in enjoying their company, you never know when you might not have them anymore. Treasure the moments of good and bad. Make some time to hang out and enjoy and smile with each other. Grab a drink, a movie or just sit and talk at lunch or dinner. And make sure you always hug them often actually that should be all your friends.

So Crystal, despite the fact i will miss you terribly, I wish you the best of luck, and pray for safe keeping as you travel back home monday. I'll miss you but I hope to see you again someday. And should you write a book someday make sure you tell me so I can go out an read it. I'll take notes from it and try and be half as awesome as you will be at your work ha ha. Good bye Crystal, I love you and i will miss you my friend. :)

They said all teenagers scare the living shit out of me
They could care less as long as someone'll bleed
So darken your clothes or strike a violent pose
Maybe they'll leave you alone, but not me

-My Chemical Romance "Teenagers"