Isn’t it strange that you never know what you have until it’s gone? That you never realize how blessed you are until you are saying goodbye to the many friends you have created over the years. Life is crazy, you know? One day your in kindergarten making friends with everyone, but little do you know, some of those kids are going to still be in your lives many years later. Growing up is scary. Every year seems to go by faster and faster, and no matter how hard you try to slow time down, it never works. You lose friends, you gain friends, and you yourself start to grow into the person you are meant to become. It never really hits you how lucky you are until its the last few days of summer before everyone starts to head off to the colleges of their choice. Thats when you see how far the people you have known your whole life have come, and when you begin to realize how proud you are of them, and yourself as well. Your first goodbye is when it finally hits you that you are officially growing up, and that you are all in this together. You look around the room and see all the friends that have turned into family over the years, and you also see friends you made the last semester of high school that are now your other half. It’s tough lemme tell ya, but remember that you are not alone. Everyone is going through the same thing you are, and the transition into the, "college life", may seem scary, but there is nothing but greatness headed your way. There is no “good” in “goodbye”, and there never will be. You have to keep in mind though that not every goodbye is forever. So, when the time for you comes, it’s not, "Goodbye", it’s, "See you later".