#goobyes

[quotesfromall]

And it that moment- for a split second - I feel it. How short that is. How soon everything changes. It's strange, because good-byes are a thing I can understand intellectually, but they almost never feel real. Which makes it hard to brace for impact. I don't know how to miss people when they're standing right in front of me.

Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat

[realestofthereallyreal]

I’m in a wave of emotion. The hope I had is nearly gone. Sometimes you need to hear it very certainly that the dream is done...

[grimmlinkeeper]

Finals Week Blues

In my line of work, I see a lot of students. Some of them I work with, some work for me and others I see in passing...and I work for all of them. As it always happens, I form a close bond with a handful of my student cooks and every spring I have to say goodbye to some of them. 

I’m not an educator, but I feel like I can understand the feelings high school teachers have when their students graduate and leave for college. Those high school kids come to University, some end up working with me and for me. I get to see these kids grow for four years. I teach them how to use a knife, basic culinary skills and simply how to have a job. I help them, and see them grow from scared kids away from home for the first time into confident adults. Some do this more gracefully than others. A few don’t make it, and it crushes me every time. 

This is the time of year they leave. I’m happy to see them move on to the next chapter in their lives, but I am so sad to be losing them in my life. Some I will see again, others I know I won’t but the sadness is always there. I’m lucky this year, all but one of my inner circle student crew will be returning in the fall. Tonight I said goodbye to the one who is graduating. Tears, hugs and best wishes barely begin to cover it.

[krissamolina]

For you that I lost whom I never meet

Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; …

I believed that God gave you this life - no matter how short - for a reason. You became a blessing and a source of happiness. You created a family; you are a family. You are the reason why a certain someone started to think about a good future, You change everything around you, you gave us hope and a new light. A good memory that will always be remembered.

I believed that God take you away because a life with him is better than the life you will going to have here. That he loves you that much to let you experience any heartaches and suffering in this world.

I believed that this is HIS way of saving you and it will never be the end, because someday we will all meet again on a better place He created for us.

Now, that you’re with Him; I asked God to give us - the people who left behind - a strength to accept the life we lost. Bless us a heart who mourn but still capable of healing, A mind that will remain positive despite what happened, And to never forget that God plan is always for the best.

Thank you for coming into our life, for bringing such joy and happiness. I’m sorry for you have to leave early without experiencing all the love we could give but we know that you are much loved wherever you are.

-krissaMolina

[neverstopwriting19]

Today's Tuesday Vlog is a little different but it was really fun to put together- The Ways We (Didn't) Say Goodbye

[middlenamejoshue]

17 Days Left

Today I officially had my first goodbye party.

Oh.

[official-enjolras]

do not think about George Blags doin the do 

d o nOT DO N T  DO N OT do iT OK

[love-letters-to-ghosts]

a year of goodbyes

May: 

You never cried in a parking lot,  Reserved your tears for who you loved. I was a little bitter, bad goodbyes. 

June: 

I got all I had asked for.  No one bothered to tell me,  I asked for the wrong things. 

July:  Alarm clocks didn't wake you.  They threaded the railroad tracks you drove over on the way to hell. 

August:  I learned that the world always turns.  When you can't keep up, it spins,  you can get dizzy or move on. 

September:  I let my anger grow like vines.   I was afraid who you would be.  The first time I met you and your wilting leaves.  

October:  I crumbled on the sidewalk too many times, as the summer died around me, the familiar feeling of home died too. 

November:  There wasn't quite a word for it,  These bricks were consistent until now,  and the void screamed at me, it screamed at us. 

December:  People always asked me questions,  Things I could never answer.  I realized I hadn't cracked a joke yet. 

January: 

You had coffee for the first time in years. There was something nervous and uncomfortable in the way the dogs growled at your feet. 

February: 

I thought about how I'd miss my teens,  until my birthday, and a week later,  wrote a eulogy in conversation hearts. 

March:  It probably snowed every day,  you told me you'd help me when I needed it.  But I was beginning to think you were just being considerate. 

April:  When it rained, the trees bloomed,  I started to feel like myself again,  always homesick for a feeling. 

May: 

I always cried in parking lots.  Reserved my tears for who I loved.  and carrying all those goodbyes.