Goodbye

Saying goodbye I’ve come to realize is one of the hardest things one could ever do. The reality of not seeing that person again hits you and you start having regrets of not making the best of memories when you had all of the time with that person. That is the moment when the words ‘You don’t know what you have until you lose it’ starts making sense to you.

There was a lady friend of mine in school during my 100 level. We weren’t best of friends but every time we met at the lecture hall, each time spent with her was always worth it. She was one of the reasons why I always looked forward to class most times.

Unfortunately, I never really told her how happy her presence always made me feel until the day she texted me on WhatsApp and told me she had gotten admission in a different school. I didn’t even know that she had applied for admission in a new school. The way I felt the moment she told me about the news was unexplainable because I knew I had a lot of things I wanted to say to her but felt it was already too late to do so.

After she left, I made up my mind never to make myself feel that way again. I made sure to always say whatever it is I wanted to say to my friends at the right time and moment. Regrets were never meant for me and I hate having them. And ever since I started being more open about how I feel towards people, I’ve come to realize that I no longer feel as bad as I felt whenever any of my friends want to leave my life and go search for a greener pasture somewhere else.

Saying goodbyes has always been hard for me, but I feel I just found a way to make it less painful.

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