Time to Say Goodbye

It isn't easy to let go of people, especially ones that have been part of your life story for more years than you care to remember.

I've found letting go of a woman I called my best friend challenging.

No matter how the journey ended, I'd be lying if I said that many of  my memories of her were not filled with laughter, adventure, tears and challenges. 

They were!

We survived so much together.

Our friendship was not perfect but then neither were we.

You think after 30 years we would have figured it out: how to be true to one another.

She taught me to laugh and for that I will always be grateful.

I'm not certain how we ended up here. Two women that began a friendship when they were barely into their twenties.

Maybe I do know, but those thoughts I will keep to myself.

I can only say that I am filled with regret and sadness-the loss has been profound.

Too many things were left unsaid.

I thought we would be Ethel and Lucy forever, full of our crazy antics,

 but God had a different plan for us.

We only have each other to blame for this tragic ending; God handed us a gift and we squandered it. 

Beyond the bitterness and anger of the she did this, she forgot this, this is mine... are the memories.

I will never forget her.

You go, I go!

I guess we forgot that promise.
I bless her journey and hope God fills her life with abundance.

Cherish your friendships.

This life is but a brief spec in time.

Do not waste it with pride and vanity.

They make a lonely brew.