nobody knows it, but i am so sad!

The Avett Brothers, taken by Heather Blair

Oh, the Avetts. I don't listen to them much anymore, but whenever I do it takes me back to a certain season about two-ish years ago. Back when I lived with one of my closest friends and other friends lived not a 5 minute walk away... those were good days. We had a tight little community for a season. And then it suddenly sort of dissipated, we scattered due to marriage and new jobs and the like.

Contrary to the lyric chosen for this post's title, I'm not too sad about it (it's just really fun to belt that one out). I do miss those days and those friends and that sense of community, but I seem to have gotten better at moving on. Embracing a season for what it is, and then letting go and moving on to the next one. Maybe that explains why I am terrible at keeping in touch with many dear friends I have shared life with over the years. Maybe I started getting good at it when I left Australia after 4 months with amazing new friends. I remember sitting at breakfast on my last day, surrounded by friends, tears falling in my hash browns but a huge grin on my face because I was thinking "how lucky i am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard".