I know the end

a big week. hugs and tears and dancing. breakfast with Francesca. Bernice dropped by for a goodbye lunch, Blake cut my hair. Gryffyn threw me a surprise fareqell party on the roof, Jenae bought me a cake and Mia and Callum made me one. we closed the party with ‘I know the end’, which I belted with Mia. we made everybody scream with Phoebe.

more hugs and more tears. Jeff and Cara dropped us at the airport. hugs from Mia, Mitch, Bip and Callum at security gates. and then it’s all over. my chapter at stucco has come and gone. I don’t quite know how to feel. in a moment i’ll be boarding my first flight away. a new chapter begins, and though I know just how lucky I am, I cry for what I’m leaving behind.

but I remember where I’ve been regardless of where I go. and I remember what Sam wrote for me on that closing night of timepieces - nothing is ever truly lost: you can always find me with one foot in the stream.

and so we go. <<