So my whole life, I’ve been the type of person that wants everyone I love to be in one place. I remember as a five year old in kindergarten being asked if I could have one wish granted, what would it be? My response: that my grandma and grandpa and uncles and aunts and cousins from Charlevoix AND Perry could all live in a giant dome together with me and I would never have to be without one or the other. I wanted nothing more than for us to be together all the time. And tonight, as a 22 year old college graduate, I find myself wishing for the same thing. I want all of my family from Perry and Charlevoix and Indian Lake and Bourbonnais to all be in one place (and yes, you know who you are that I consider family J).
As I drove home on Sunday morning after graduation, I found myself crying as I got on the entrance ramp. It just hit me that I wouldn’t be coming back. It was the last time I would make that drive home (with everything I own) for the summer. I mean, I know I will see my friends again, but it will be very different. It sounds so cliché, but that is how it is. And it really sucks to think about. Anyway, I don’t even really know why I’m writing this, other than I’m sad and I want my family in one place.
I miss you!
Miss you, too! I find myself thinking the same thing. I don't think it has fully sunk in yet because it really isn't any different from the last three summers, but knowing that I won't be going back in the fall is sad. I keep thinking about little things that I did all during college and how I never get to do them again. It's weird...
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