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somewhere
b e t w
e e n
the
procrastination....
and the
homework.....
and the
incessant forwards.....
and the
friendships.....
and the
calls
to each other complaining about
crushes!!......
Somewhere
b e t w e e n
the
phone
calls
to
old
friends.....
And the
"I miss you's",
the
"I love you's".......
And the
"What
are we doing tonight's?".....
And somewhere
b e t w
ee n
all of the
changing,growing...
Somewhere
b
e t w e e n
the
classes........
And the
skipping classes......
And the
studying
for tests.......And
the
pretending to study for tests.......
And the
downright
NOT
studying for tests...
I forgot..........
I
forgot what
school
was
all
about. Somewhere
between
all
the
appointments
and
starbucks coffees,
and
Diet
Mt. Dew's...
paying
bills
and
then
not
paying bills...Making
plans then breaking plans...
Appearing, Disappearing, then re-appearing...I
forgot...I forgot what it was like to
cry.......
I forgot that
pretending
to be happy
doesn't
make you happy...........
And that
pretending
to be
smart doesn't make you smart
............
I forgot
that
you can't just forget the past
in
fear of
the future..........
I
forgot that
you
can't control falling in love...........
And that
you
can't make yourself fall in love...........
I
learned that
I
can love.........
I
learned that it's
okay to
mess up.........
And
it's
okay to
ask for help.........
And
it's okay to feel like crap......... I learned it's
okay
to complain and whine to all your friends for a whole day........
I
learned that sometimes the things you want most
you just
can't have.
I
learned that the greatest thing about high school and college and the working
world isn't the
parties
or the
DRiNKiNG
or the
hook-ups...
It's the
friendships,
which means
taking chances........
I
learned that sometimes the things we want to forget are the things which we most
need
to
talk about..........
I
learned that
time and
can
heal
all things...
I learned that just when you think it
can't
get worse--
it
does...
but w/ the llove
and support of friends--you
survive...
I've
learned that when you start feeling bad about losing touch --
those that you've lost touch w/ are feeling the same way...I
learned that
letters from ! friends
are the
most important things.And
that sending cards to your friends makes
you feel
better.
But, basically,
I just
learned that my friends........
Both
o l d
and
new.........
Are
the most
important people to me in the world.
AND.......without
them, I wouldn't be who I am today.....
So
this is a
thank
you
to
all of
my friends.
.
For
always being there.
And even if we're not on
good
terms
or we
have
lost touch...
I will always
have an
unconditional love for you..
~Always and forever ~love you!~
