This Isn't Supposed to Make you Cry

This Isn't Supposed to Make you Cry

By Maria Burt
Castleton Village School, Grade 8

The kind of merriment my friends and I had was unthinkable. We laughed until we cried. I know we’re getting ready to go to off into the world and we’re just about ready for graduation, but I’ll never forget these last years. The secrets we shared, the laughs we laughed, the tears we cried, the things we saw, and the friendships that were made stronger.
Soon, we’ll go our separate ways. I don’t want this to come to an end, but it has to. We’ve never been closer, but it’s hard to think that I may never see some of my closest friends ever again. We’ll get through this year and hopefully stay in touch. Maybe we won’t be this close anymore, but we still have each other somewhere in our hearts.
And with that in mind I tell you this, please don’t change. I want to see you smile every time I see you. Embrace the future, have no regrets. Know that I’m only a phone call away. Happiness is not the absence of tears, but rather the knowledge that they’ll fall, and letting them anyway.
Now, let’s not think of the future. We’ll think about the past instead. We’ve had some good times and some bad, but look at where we are now. Who would have thought we’d get so far and still have one another?
The past is history; think about today, right here. Right now. What are you doing with your time? Letting it fly by or cherishing every moment? From now on, every time you take a breath, I want you to do so with care. Take pride in the fact that you can. Live like there’s no tomorrow. You never know when there won’t be.
You all have an important place in my heart. Words last a year, pictures a decade, but memories go on forever. With that being said, thank you for every memory you’ve helped create. There’s still plenty of time for more. Forever is never empty and never full.