Its time to let the nerd out to say goodbye even though I am already back home. This is for everyone at Central but especially for Andy, Jake, Vincent, Luke, Christian, and Sean because you guys have been super awesome friends. Lots of LOTR and Dr. Who quotes to describe how I feel. This week has been full of excitement for graduation but I have been excited to see home, why? Because like Bilbo: I want to see mountains again Gandalf, mountains and then find someplace where I can rest. But it was a long time waiting with no finals. But we finished and many of us felt like Frodo and Sam after destroying the ring: Its done. Yes Mr. Frodo, its over now. Three years of seeing friends leave before me and now my own leaving has made me realize that I hate saying goodbye but, So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us -Gandalf. A lot of have decided and now we are going out to be what we set out to be. My path has brought me home but part of me is accepting and part of me is not. The part that is not is like David Tennant saying I dont want to go. The acceptance is like Matt Smith saying Times change and so must I. We all change when you think about it. Were all different people all through our lives. And thats ok, thats good, as long as you keep moving, as long as you remember all the people that you used to be. I will not forget one line of this, not one day, I swear. It is hard to not cry but crying is ok because as we know from Gandalf Not all tears are an evil. But tears or no tears the next step in my journey is here and as I have learned from Bilbo: Its a dangerous business, going out your door. You step out onto the road, and if you dont keep you feet, theres no telling where youll be swept off to. The last four years have been quite the adventure but Before I go, I just want to tell you: you were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And you know what? So was I -C Eccleston. Thank you all so much for being bright lights in my life. I love you all so much.
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 16:09:26 +0000