Saying Goodbye
Naturally, I have always been the youngest within my friend groups. My friends are usually older by a grade level or two. When they graduate, it is always a hard transition that I am never ready for, even if I think I’m ready. This year might be the hardest goodbye for me yet.
Courtney Paulson is one of my closest friends and is practically my big sister. We have played basketball together for high school since I was in seventh and she was in eighth grade. We have also traveled over the country for AAU basketball tournaments together. Outside of school and basketball, we also spend a good chunk of our time together. Whenever we have bad days, she picks me up and we drive around and vent to each other about everything on our minds. We go on frequent dinner and dessert runs. We dedicate many of our car rides singing to Taylor Swift throwbacks and country music. There have been so many late-night drives, bonfires, and facetime calls that bring me so much joy. We have so many inside jokes and unforgettable memories that I wouldn’t trade for the world. Courtney has been a big sister to me and has been here through the highest and lowest points in my life. She is truly one of the most kindhearted and understanding people and deserves the absolute best. I am so beyond excited to see how much she achieves in college and in the years to come. I know she won’t be a ten-minute drive down the road, but she is still only just one phone call away. Although this is going to be a very hard goodbye for me, I know she isn’t going anywhere in my life.
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| Here is a picture of us from one of our long summer drives! |
I think that it's an amazing thing that even though you recognize how upsetting this situation is you and her, you know that she won't really be that far away from you. I'm sorry that she's leaving, but were not that far behind. We're all about to enter a brand new chapter of our life, and we all have incredible futures ahead of us. Things are definitely going to change, but what will remain consistant in our lives are the memories and feelings towards the people we love. I think it's such a blessing that we have phones that can contact those so far away. I'm not going tell you that this adjustment will be easy for you. Not having someone to go to immediately after having a bad day will be very hard at first, but you will adjust.
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