Jordan Hayes sent me this video in an email today. We were having a conversation about true friends and how much has changed. I moved away and have lost friends in the process, and the same thing happened to him. My whole life has turned upside down...or maybe it was already upside down and it's just now turning right side up. Funny thing is, a lot of my friends have access to internet and texting and calling and such...but long distance communication is just too hard. Jordan has been there from square one. He's got advice for everything, and in the off chance he doesn't, he has a song to help me out. Now he's not the only friend that I haven't lost. There are a handful. But he emailed me a novel today, and managed to solve all of my problems and feel better about my life all in one email.
I miss him terribly. I miss everyone terribly, but I can't mend broken relationships on my own. It takes two, so I am trying to move on and realize that everything is different. I don't know if it's for better or for worse, but it's done and I am okay with it. Life goes on. The world isn't going to stop turning because things are different today than they were a year ago.
I have a week left of my freshman year of college, but it feels like it's been a lifetime since I left Johnston County, North Carolina. There is not very much that is the same. My friends, family, and I have all changed. Some of us changed together and some did not, but it's the circle of life. I'm going to keep going and make my life the best way that I can. And in a little over 100 days I will be moving into a new dorm on a new campus with my new(ish) bestie and the whole changing thing will keep going.
People say they don't like change, myself being one of those people, but saying that doesn't make sense. Everything is constantly changing. The weather, the news, people, jobs....it all changes. I guess we all just have to learn to accept it and make the most of it.
