People always say we only part to meet again. This may be true in this case, but I know that doesn't mean saying goodbye is any easier. Things will be changing and there is nothing we can do to stop it. It may not be for the worst, but it is bittersweet. To say goodbye is always hard, especially when those people mean so much to you.
This week is the end of my freshman year, and without a doubt the end of the best year of my life. I am saying goodbye to a dorm I can honestly call home and friends that I definitely consider my family. I have survived one full year away from my home state and I don't regret it one bit. But now as I'm heading back home, I remember how I never wanted to leave and now I see how foolish that was. I took the biggest risk I have ever taken and it turned out to be the best thing I have ever done.
I will miss this year so much. The days where all fifty-two of my friends were just down the hall, the others right downstairs. How close we all lived and could stay up for hours talking in our lobby. I will miss this closeness and every memory we have made. As excited as I am for next year, there will always be a part of me that will long for this freshman year.
I have to keep reminding myself that I will see all my loves in four months, but that seems like a lifetime. There is no doubt that I will shed tears as we say our goodbyes, two down and many more to go. I know there will be times at home when I just want to be with my friends, but in time we will be reunited which I know will be the BEST feeling in the world. God has so much more planned for us in these years ahead, and we've only just begun. I pray that even as we are apart we will continue to grow in our friendships and make them last! I love all my APU friends so much and could not see my life now without them. They are amazing and God has blessed me so tremendously with these friendships.
I will never forget the beginning of this year when we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. When we became to figure out that this could work. And now when we know that four months apart will kill. This has been a wonderful year thanks to all of you!
