Graduation Day Approaches: Saying Goodbye

I’ve arrived at the end.  Graduation is Sunday, my parents arrive on Saturday.  Today is the day for goodbyes.  I need to write about it because it’s a big part of the coming weekend, but I don’t want to and I’m having trouble putting thoughts into words.

I’ve already been through one: the last few moments alone with my boyfriend and it was hard.  From now on, there will always be someone else there, be it family or friends.  I know it will only be harder from here on out.  I don’t really know how the next couple of days will go.  I need to clean and pack and then say goodbye so many times and I’m not any good with goodbye.

It hasn’t really hit me yet, that after Sunday I’m on the road to another state and there are some people I may not see again for a long time, if at all.

“To leave a friend is like a death and calls for grieving.”  Madeline L’Engle said it first and I don’t have any words to add.

Let me be, I’m grieving.