I Hate Goodbyes...

I’ve always been the type of person who is surrounded by many acquaintances but few close friends. Ted says I’m a hard person to know. He’s probably right. I fancy myself self-sufficient and tend to keep most people at arms length. The true friends I do have are few and far between, and I often wonder if they were of my own creation or just some random twist of fate. But whatever the truth is, their rarity makes me appreciate and treasure each friendship. By the same token, I feel the lost of each that much more acutely. I’ve had to say goodbye to many friends over the years, and never did I feel that it would be forever. Yet still I felt the emptiness each left behind like a space in a room missing some piece of furniture. I’ve always hated goodbyes, but without I suppose there would be no reunions. So to one of my oldest and closest friends: Good luck on the east coast Chris.