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June – the month most seniors live for. The end of one life and the beginning of another. Please don’t leave without saying good-bye to me, it’s only me running after you because you’re everything I need. ~ Fairweather We may lose and we may win, though we will never be here again. ~ Eagles Tonight never ends if we never go inside. ~ Alkaline Trio I really wanna call you, but I know that it's not right. I probably shouldn't tell you … but I dreamed of you last night. I guess I'm not prepared to say good-bye, so long, farewell, I won't be seeing you again … until next time that he goes away. Good-bye … there’s just no sadder word to say. And it’s sad to walk away with just the memories. Who’s to know what might have been, we leave behind a life and time we’ll never know again. ~ LeAnne Rimes We laughed until we had to cry, we loved right down to our last goodbye. ~ St. Elmo's Fire Soon all the joy that pours from everything makes fountains of your eyes because you finally understand the movement of a hand waving goodbye. ~ Conor Oberst I died when you said good-bye to me. So many faces in and out of my life ... some will last, some will just be now and then. Life is a series of hellos and good-byes, I'm afraid it's time for good-bye again. ~ Billy Joel Graduation is a bittersweet mixture of opportunity and letting go. Seniors are justifiably sentimental. They know the world will never be quite the same. How can I say good-bye to you without losing myself too? ~ Lost North Star The thing is, you're right. I can't really imagine it happening, but I am gonna leave someday. It could be a year, or two, or fifty. But I'm gonna leave. But there is one thing that I can promise you, and that is that I can give you now. ~ Roswell Sometimes we need to hold our heads up high, blink the tears away and just say good-bye. The young faces in these pictures represent times when our biggest worries were Barbie and Ken’s wedding, GI Joe’s missing arm, and why we had to eat vegetables at dinner again. Looking at these pictures today, sometimes we, the seniors, wish we could go back to such carefree days. But at the same, time moving on with our lives, making new memories, and gaining independence have become exciting realities that were once ideas that seemed so far away. Since sixth grade we have counted down the days until graduation. Now as the day approaches we are still anxious, but somewhat nervous. The faces in these pictures remind us of the people we once were and still are, the friends we have grown up with and also whom we will graduate with. Surviving the past 12 years wasn’t easy, but in that time we had some of the best experiences of our lives. Those times are what made it worthwhile. My high school experience wasn't what I planned ... it bore no resemblance to the pictures in the brochure, but I am not unhappy. I don't think any of us are. We got what we needed out of it. It's kind of like when you go on a vacation, you plan everything out but the one day you take a wrong turn and you end up in some crazy place you can't even find on a map, doing something you never thought you'd do. Maybe you feel a little lost while it's happening, but later you realize it was the best part of the whole trip. I’ve had many departures in my life, but I have never found the good in good-bye or the fair in farewell. And so our adventure ends. And some of us found our heroes, and others unconquered their fears. And one might even say we’ve triumphed. I’m not sure if it happened that day or that summer, but somehow, we all felt older and different. I knew I’d never forget any of it and I decided I wasn’t gonna let it end because I realized we’re not just given life experience … we’re given the experience of life. ~ Young Americans I guess it was pretty tough … leaving all your friends ... and to say all those good-byes. ~ Save the Last Dance We said our good-byes and when you were almost gone, you turned and gave me one more look … the look that said it all. Everything was going to be okay. We laughed as they said we wouldn’t want to leave … we cried when they said we had to go. It’s hard to believe I’ve walked these halls for the past four years. Most of the people that have passed me every day I don’t even know. Those I do know and know well are friends I will have forever. A life lesson: you will pass many in your travels and only a select few you will truly know. Don’t judge those you only pass … respect those you do know. There are some things from our high school experiences that we will carry with us for the rest of our lives and some memories that we choose to forget. But when we look back at those experiences, we’ll see our friends … the ones who got us through everything and we’ll realize how lucky we are to have them. For a moment all the world was right, how could I have known that you’d ever say good-bye? ~ Garth Brooks Even the brightest star can’t shine forever. Sometimes you just have to say good-bye. If you have to go, don’t say good-bye. If you have to go don’t you cry. If you have to go, I will get by. Someday I’ll follow you and see you on the other side. ~ Smashing Pumpkins We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little bit of each other everywhere. ~ Tim McGraw The people you care about you never really say good-bye to. ~ Real World If I lose my life, I can live with that. But I can’t live with losing you. Don’t be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends. How do I say good-bye to what we had, the good times that made us laugh outweigh the bad. I thought we’d get to see forever, but forever’s gone away. It’s so hard to say good-bye to yesterday. Mama whispered softly, time will ease your pain … |
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