There are temporary goodbyes, and there are goodbyes that last a lifetime, but no matter how much you sugar coat it, a goodbye is never easy.

Goodbye is something that people remember, it stays with them for a life time, and though you wish you could forget it, it's generally the last impression that you have on a person. So whether you are mad at them or you just have to part ways, make it clear that when you say goodbye that you are content with the way that they are going to remember you.

Being in a long distance relationship isn't always easy. You don't get to call them up whenever you feel like it, or ask them to come over when something goes wrong, and though we have the digital age where we can face time and text instantly, there is nothing more comforting than being wrapped in someone's arms. So though you know it's not forever, a goodbye like that hurts you every single time.

You ask yourself if there is something that you could do to bring them back, you ask yourself that if you apologize for all the wrong that you had done, would it change the outcome? Would you have them back by your side?

But whether it's a relationship or a family member when you say goodbye there is a part of you that hopes that you could see them again. Sometimes it is in a fit of anger and jealousy where you want to show the person that you are "so much better off without them," and sometimes it's a simple glance your way from them in hoping that they'll realize what they lost out on.

Sure we have these goodbyes that stem from a fight or a leave for a couple of months/years, but the goodbyes that hurt the most are the ones that are left unsaid.

These goodbyes occur when you lose a loved one to an illness, a tragedy, or war. These goodbyes, they haunt because there is so much left that we wish we could have said. And though you honor the person in any way you can, part of you wishes that you could have done something more to save them from their end.

To friends and family, to acquaintances that we meet on the street. Let us remember those we used to know and those that we still have. We all come to a time in our life where we must part our ways, and though its not always the way we want it to go, we must do it with a sense of pride.

So this letter that I write isn't to have people think about all the goodbyes they didn't say, or reminisce on all the goodbyes that they had wished they could have done better.

This is to tell people that no matter how big or small the moment is, and no matter what we tell ourselves there is nothing we can do in order to avoid the simple word.