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To All Of The Friends I Have Let Down Along The Way

"Life happens while you are planning other things."

Hanna Renee Hess
Apr 19, 2016
Juniata College
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To All Of The Friends I Have Let Down Along The Way

To all of the friends I have let down along the way, I am sorry.

I'm sorry I made mistakes and made you upset. But please forgive me because I am human. Forgive me for being perfectly human and making mistakes. Forgive me for overlooking your sensitivity.

I'm sorry I said or did things I shouldn't have. At this stage of life, as leaving adolescence and being an emerging adult, I am going to say or do things that aren't like me. Forgive me. Forgive me for being a changing human being. Forgive me for being an 18-year-old girl.

I'm sorry I was not always there when you needed me. I probably made myself sparse at times I should not have. Forgive me. Forgive me for being preoccupied with my own life, but know that yours didn't mean any less to me.

I'm sorry we faded apart. But know that I never wanted that. Life gets busy and hectic, and it is awful hard to juggle it all. But know that I still think about you all the time. Forgive me. Forgive me for being busy.

I'm sorry I seemed distant. I didn't always tell you everything I should have. I didn't mean to make you feel like I was keeping anything from you. Forgive me. Forgive me for having a clouded mind.

I'm sorry things are this way. But know that I really miss the way things were. I cherished you more than anything. I cherished our bond so much. Forgive me. Forgive me that nothing is the same.

Forgive me as I have forgiven you and many others for being human, for being absent, for being distant, for the way things are, for making mistakes, because at the end of the day, a few mishaps do not define the type of friend we are all around.

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