Roads.

CassMac and I ventured to Happy Valley yesterday for a brief 24-hour shenangin with Cassie. Besides almost getting killed on the drive there (thanks to rain, a curvy road, and an a-hole driver who can't yield), the trip was a great one. This year, I've had the opportunity to visit a lot of my friends at their schools, and I've greatly enjoyed seeing them in their element. More so, I'm glad to see that everyone has found their appropriate niche.
It's interesting. Meghan graduated from high school on Tuesday and the memories of my own graduation couldn't help but resurface. I was particularly reminded of the day before graduation. All my friends and I had a picnic at the Middletown Park and I brought along a video camera. We each went around, describing what we would miss most about high school and where and what we saw ourselves doing in a few years. The video had your standard laughter and giddyness: "Hell yeah we're graduating, we're awesome, we're going places...but we're still going to remain tight!" Interesting, again. Because I look at where I am now, and I've only remained close with about three of those people. Not because of falling outs, but because time naturally called us onward. We couldn't fight it, nor did we really try to- we accepted it and embraced our unique transformation through life. Just as we were supposed to. And I like it this way. A lot.
As I've now come to learn, life occassionally brings about about certain people who are meant to stay close. When I think about who those people are in my own life, and how they are spread about various chapters in my life, I'm incredibly thankful. And right now, I'm also enjoying watching my sister discover who her "people" are, and anticipating those she is about to meet. I wish I could tell her how much she is going to change in the next few years, but then again, I wouldn't take the surprise away from her for a second. She's entitled to the same emotions, same learning of lessons, same new encounters as I had before her, except that they will be unique to her. All I plan to do is sit back, smile, and support her.