joined through three different tides

nearing the end of this past summer i wrote a poem about jodi, kathleen and i going off on three different "tides of time" into such vastly different lives. before it was time for us to "part" we talked about how when we went to school we knew that we'd all be experiencing so many different things in such different places. more, we knew that the hardest part of it all would be not sharing the joy of our experiences with each other.

we knew it then, but that wasn't enough to prepare us for it actually happening. and it did. it happened. we went off into three completely different tides flowing in three completely different directions.. and through all of the classes and papers and new people and adjustments and boyfriends(well in my case), it was hard to keep each other updated with everything. we didn't do poorly... we called and talked and tried... but there's no comparason to living every day by each other's sides to then going months with out seeing each other's faces.

"moments never have to come to an end if we can just keep up with them" - jodi (don't stop)

it hit last night that our directions really are different now. at first i cried a lot knowing that the connection we had in sharing a similar journey/struggle/direction/joy has kind of dissapeared... but the truth of it all is that this is life. time moves us apart in a way... but the places we are and the experiences we're going through are making us into such larger and better and stronger people! and we really are still connected by something much larger.

a wave can move in any direction
but that doesn't seperate the waves from the ocean
no, they're always a part of the larger motion
no matter what direction they may go in
or what other wave they may crash into
there's something more infinte that the ocean can do
in keeping the waves connected through and through
despite any current that may be new
the waves move in seperate directions
yet flow together through the sacred connection
of unyeilding love and endless devotion


(alright, my poetry's a bit rusty... but it proves my point nonetheless.)

i am blessed to be able to see the growth and the beauty that this time and seperation has done for us. and that's really the bottom line. that, and i love these ladies with the biggest parts of my heart. and i am so thankful.


what they say is true... a lot changes in the first two months of college. but i want to say with confidence and assurance... that these changes will be, and are towards something very different from the past, but beautiful as can be.

and on this thanksgiving holiday, i raise my glass to that. and to you and to you and to you. cheers.