Saying goodbyes can be difficult for some people. I still remember a going away party that we had at Ponderosa up by the Mall. I think it might have been 1999. I was headed overseas to Bahrain. I hugged my Uncle Paul. (He actually wasn't an uncle. He is married to my mother's cousin, Liz.) Paul was sick and I didn't want to say goodbye to him. I told him that I would see him later and he said no that it was goodbye. I told him that I didn't accept that but okay. Sadly, Uncle Paul passed away while I was overseas. Thanks to Bill Clinton's mess he created with Monica Lewinsky, I was unable to fly home for his funeral. I still think back to how difficult it was to hug him and to say good bye. He knew that it was the last time we would hug. I still miss him.
There are times when its easy to say goodbyes. I can casually say goodbye to cousins and distant friends. I know that I will be with them for a long time. I can even hug my mother in all her hysterics good bye. I try to make it quick before airport security stops her. (Anyone remember the Parkersburg airport incident? She ran to the plane to get Baby Emily? That was the last time we flew there!)
In the coming weeks, I'm working on saying my good byes and giving people a sense of closure in our relationship. They can keep in touch or we might not ever meet again. I don't know my future and its not for me to know. I live my life the best I can with a smile on my face.
Make new friends,
but keep the old,
some are silver,
and some are gold,
a circle is round,
it has no end,
that's how long,
you're gonna be my friend.
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