it’s early in the morning and i can’t fall back asleep, so here i go. i came back from saying goodbye to my dear friend kat. she’s gonna be away for a year being an obedient child of His and today was her departure day. my mind’s thinking, ‘here’s another one leaving..’

flo, yenny, jml & graceface, rhodax, katwoo, oinky, euni, hats, chowy and j are the girls. this is the order of how i met them (and i shall blog about it in the future). what a nice flashback to revisit my memories.

graceface was the first one to leave to go work in houston. she had a long period of time feeling lonely and trying to find a community. i remember saying goodbye to her at the airport when she was leaving for good. we took turns hugging her saying goodbye and crying.

flo left us next. she’s now in beijing working at an architecture firm. she said she was lonely but she seemed to have avoided it by working long hours. i was worried about her because she left atlanta sick and she gets sick a lot. she didn’t know how to speak mandarin either. we all went to the airport to say goodbye and a few of us cried. but i think she cried harder than any of us did. she knew this would happen and would make her have a harder time to leave.

euni left next. she’s in california working as a journalist. she drove out there unlike the previous two. she gave us two weeks notice just like flo did. i didn’t worry about her much because she was just like grace: knowing what she has to get done and actually getting those done in a timely manner. graceface and euni are little warriors. they may seem soft outside but they’re strong inside.

and this time was katwoo’s. it’s not a permanent goodbye, but it’ll be a while. she’s a definite softy inside and i really hope that she doesn’t get hurt by people or get led by her emotions too much. we’ll hear from her soon.

back in high school, i knew my friendship would distance away whenever i transferred or my friend transferred. i just saw it coming. it was like if i don’t get to see you, then you know i wouldn’t talk to you as much and eventually.. you know. but with the girls, i don’t worry about that and i know we’ll be okay. i mean, it’s not that i’ve changed or they obsessively keep in touch with me. we just know that we’ll just have to keep in touch once in a while but whenever we do, we gotta update each other for hours 🙂 is it because i’m assured that God’s taking care of them wherever they are? i just know that they’ll do well. i feel so blessed to have these girls to turn to. i feel blessed that it’s not just one person i can turn to, but a group of girls. good luck me with choosing who would be in my future bridal party, but may we continue to grow in God together!