Friends

In girl scouts (yes, I was a nerdy little child) we sang a songs about friends.  My favorites were, "a circle's round, it has no end, that's how long I want to be your friend," and "make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the other's gold."  I have been thinking a lot about friends recently.  I have been so blessed in the friend department.  I have so many wonderful friends that I love so much!  Recently I have come to realize just how much I love my friends.  You see, I was raised in an area saturated with military families.  As such is custom with military life, these families moved in and out constantly.  I was always making new friends.  I was sad to see my friends go, but I knew new ones would come in their place.  It sounds cruel, but it was a fact of life.  If I sat around and mourned my loss, I would never have had any friends.  However, you come to college and everything changes.  In a  matter of eight months, you come into a brand new situation and make some of the best friends and memories you will ever have.  It is so hard to say goodbye.  It happens all too frequently.  At the end of the eight months comes the long four months of the summer.  You know that you will see a lot of these people again.  Some, though, you never will.  You know some friendships will stay the same.  Some, sadly, will not.  You do know that it will not ever be the same.  Don't get me wrong.  Change can be good.  But change is hard.  I hate saying goodbye.  It is so hard.  I know that I will make new friends again, but right now I don't want to.  I want to have these friends forever, without an end.  I guess all we can do is make the most of the time we have now.  Sometimes I wish I didn't always look on the bright side. haha