Goodbyes are not Forever
There is no perfect way to execute a goodbye. There is the lightness and the familiarity that we all want, the feeling that even its final moments, a relationship is still just as fun as it always was. Because when we are saying goodbye to someone, we’re not just talking to them, we’re talking to the person that we are at this very moment. We know, even if we don’t want to admit it, that we will never be in this exact same spot again. We will never see the world the same way, and closing the door on someone’s chapter means committing it officially to memory, that it’s no longer an organic, living thing. “If nothing ever changes,” we think, without even really thinking it, “then maybe we can be young forever.” I think that we'll say a hundred goodbyes, sometimes forcing myself to go back and add one last thought before the every person walk out. I told certain people what I’ve always thought of them, told them that I believed in them, told them that they were good at th...
