June 7, 2014
Dear Charlie,
I've re-written the opening sentences of this letter about 10 times and I still can't find a good enough way to begin my last letter to you. I'm not good with endings or goodbyes or even "see you laters," but I know that life always ends. Some endings come unexpectedly and just stop you, maybe even in the middle of your sentence; and other endings come with good time and understanding. I don't know which is worse though: knowing the end is near, or just arriving at the end without warning. But I do know that without endings there are no new beginnings. And even after you're gone, life always goes on.
I'm not the same girl that wrote the first letter about how terrifying high school was going to be. I'm now a girl that's writing the last letter about how much high school actually sucks. And to be honest, I think I like the last letter girl more than the first.
No, I didn't get the boy, or the oppuritunity of a lifetime during this year, but I did get great friends, good grades, and satisfaction. And I'm happy with that. Because the world really isn't a wish granting factory.
So I guess this is it. Thank you for being such a good reader. And for caring. It means a lot to me.
We waste so many days waiting for a Friday
So many hours waiting for life to begin
So many seconds waiting for something to happen
The comfort we find in the future
has robbed us of our time to live
Love always, Alia
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