Yes, I’ve lived what people would call a short life, but you would be surprised how many goodbyes I’ve had to say. Most were goodbyes from bad things or people, and along with that comes so much heart ache and sadness with very little good. But one thing God has really been showing me is how to find the good in a goodbye.
He’s been trying to show me this for a long time but I only recently stated accepting that there is a good. Ive had to say goodbye to family, pets, and other loved ones, and it was so hard to see the good but no matter how hard you fight it, there is a good in goodbye. I had to say another goodbye yesterday. Now this, this was such a hard goodbye to say. I said goodbye to my family at Camp Hope. I had so say goodbye to all the people I fell in love with.
But like every other goodbye, there’s still some good. Instead of dreading that I’m leaving, I can thank God for the amazing time I was able to spend there. I can be thankful for all the people I met. I can be thankful for all the heart warming memories I mad. But I thing the best “good” in this goodbye is the lessons I have learned.
I told myself I wouldn’t cry during this goodbye, but I did anyway. How could I not? My heart was breaking that I had to leave. The staff of Camp Hope, in secret, planned a little something for us. And by something little, I mean not little at all! They threw us a going away party. They sang to us, prayed over us, and gave us gifts. And to end it all, we had an awesome dance party!
Before we left we went around giving hugs and kisses to all our new loved ones and when it came time for me to say goodbye to the head nurse of my room, I couldn’t hold it in. I cried. I was so sad to be saying goodbye but I found the good and got her number so we could stay in touch and she seemed so excited to be doing that. We hugged and she prayed over me and my friend.
There is always a good in a goodbye, you just either have to look hard enough, or make one.
