Ok, this may sound weird.
i didn't cry about the workshop. i didn't last year either.and yet i hate goodbyes; they have far too much of a sense of finality to them. i will never say goodbye to another OYANer. it is never goodbye. it is always "see you later."
yes it hurts to leave. goodbye hurts even more. yet when you know you'll see them again, it doesn't seem quite so hard to miss people.
and while we remain parted, i would say one more thing that i elieve will likely stand for the rest of time:
we are not simply friends or acquaintances, nor are we enemies. never will i allow that to happen, for that would be a black day indeed.
we are family. i have never been with a group of people that cares as much as we do about each other. never have i been able to truly be myself except with you. and i cannot thank you enough. i love all of you amazing, wonderful, bizarre people. and i wouldn't give you up for all the riches of the world.
you are my friends. my family. and yes we may fight and argue, we may fight. we might even be at each others' throats over the silliest issues. but we will always come back to each other. and i will always love you people. you are family by choice. i think that is the best kind.
i love you, never lose sight of who we are.
~Jonathan Bell
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