Love is speaking in code, it's an inside joke, love is coming home

I just realized it has been over a month since my last post. How the time flies.
This is particularly scary, since in approximately 30 days my life will change forever. So I'm trying to make the most of the time I have now with the people I have here.

Everyone says that I will get so caught up in my new life that I won't even think about the things going on here that I won't be able to be a part of. But I think a part of me will still miss this; the creation of new inside jokes (and the constant recitation of old ones); the random dance parties or bursting into song; the spontaneous get togethers; the homeschooler jokes. Simply put, I will miss the friendships I have formed this past year.

As I think back over the past year I realize that all the people I am closest to now I didn't even know that well 9 months ago. Now, when I feel like we've been friends for years, when I've finally put down roots in this state, I'm leaving.

My one regret is that we didn't get more time together. I wish we'd met when my family had just moved in. And not three and a half years after the fact. Even though I know we were brought into each other's lives at the exact right moment. When I needed friends the most. When I was farthest away from God. He showed His love to me in a huge way by giving me the friends I had been asking for the past 3 years.

These friends have helped shape me into the person I am today. They've made me confident, somewhat insane (or maybe completely?), and utterly happy with my life. Though I still have bad days, it's the memories of the good ones that get me through.

It's difficult to think of finding better people anywhere else. More creative, passionate, hilarious people. I don't believe they exist. Not in quite the same assortment of personalities anyway.

I can only pray that over the years we won't change too much, move too far away, or forget the time we spent together. But part of me knows that God has excellent things planned for each person's future, whether or not the rest of us are involved in it.