he says it's just now sinking in for him
and I think, "me too"
everyone told us that senior year would be it
"enjoy it while it lasts" they said
and we just laughed
not us, not the crew, not the family
never
well, senior year wasn't the end all for us
God blessed us with four more years
years of roadtrips, camp, multiple apartments
people went off to college and moved home from college
people broke up, got together, and got married
one of us became one of the few, the proud
those four years were full of tough times too
times where no words could take the hurt away
but at the end of the day, we were together through it all
and then came August 2007
as much as we'd all like to say we've done this before
we haven't done this before
when I come home in 18 days
there will be parts of my "family" who will be noticeably missing
and I think that's just starting to sink in