Write a diary entry about that your friend is leaving the city
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“Dear diary,
As I watched the plane take off, my eyes welled up with tears. I was leaving a great deal behind! I wouldn’t get to see my best friends as much as I used to, anymore. I wonder if anyone would let me cry on their shoulder like they did. I wonder if anyone would allow me knock them over with my mad hugs. It’s not going to be the same, no matter how much they promised me!”
I made one such diary entry more than one year back, when I moved to a city that was completely new to me. Sure, everyone has their own lives to deal with, and I was clearly dealing with mine in the wrong way. My family tried to make me understand that we had only moved to another city. They told me that it was a better opportunity for me to increase my circle. At that time, I had no choice, but to put up with what they said, no matter how much it killed me from within. Looking back, I feel like it was the best decision ever.
All of my best friends live very far away. All over the country, to be exact. If anything, our bond has only strengthened due to all the distance in between us. I’ve known three of them for a very long time and it still hurts me that I can’t be around them when they need me (or the other way round), but I still know that nothing has changed between us except for the distance in between us. Sure, it’s a little sad that I’d have to travel a thousand kilometers to get a hug from my best friend, but it’s all worth the distance when they finally hug the oxygen out of me. It is the best feeling in the world!
Our friendship isn’t perfect, though, because we do have a few misunderstandings every once in awhile. At the end of the day, we decide that the distance is the only thing that can keep us from doing totally goofed- up things together. It would take our friendship more than just some silly argument (like moping over some idiotic ex, maybe?) to fall apart. So here’s an open letter to my best friends: