One of my good friends Hunter moved away when we were in middle school. We became friends because my sister and one of her friends used to nanny for his family over the summer. Often they would bring him over to my house so we could hang out, and we would go swimming, play lacrosse, or even just play video games. Then his family moved because his Dad got a new job in the Carolinas.

At first, I was distraught, because one of my good friends and even someone I played lacrosse with was no longer here so we couldn’t hang out or do anything together anymore. In the beginning, we stayed in touch over Snapchat, but as time passed, I made new friends and began doing other activities in my life, and our talking slowly faded… I still see him on Instagram sometimes but we rarely talk or communicate. (I still hold that meaningful friendship today) 

As this friendship has been all but lost to time, it has become clairvoyant to me that some things leave as time goes on like friendships and memories. Things change. Friends and other people I know will begin to embark on their paths or are brought along by another person's path in life, and that is how things go in life. Only some things are going to stay the same or not everyone is going to stay with me through my path in life. What everyone has to be able to do is move on from these moments because they happen all the time in everyone's lives, people find new interests, change careers, and go to different colleges, and those friendships can be lost in that different path of life.

It is important to cherish the good friendships and memories that come with those good friendships, but it is also important to use discretion and understand that I have to let go of some of those moments as they pass with time and assimilate to change, because I have to focus on my path and not be focused on being apart of someone else’s path.