Changes Over the Year
Destiny Montoya
Mr. Ayres
Honors World Lit. 0
20 September 2013
Changes
Looking through old letters, pictures, and conversations from previous months and years, hits me with a shock of reality and how nothing is, or will ever be the same. Focusing on this realization not necessarily makes me happy, but neither does it make me sad. “Things always change and happen for a reason.” So I’ve heard. But what exactly is that reason? Is it something we as individuals must search for ourselves? Overall, it really does astonish me how much can change within a short period of time. Most friendships and relationships that randomly build together are said to be the best. But do we know how they will end? Why they will end? Eventually, one person gets tired of the other and the relationship between both of you becomes unstable. Sometimes nothing happens between you two and things will just begin to feel different which draws each person’s feelings to slowly change. Two years ago on December 16, 2011, I committed to my first boyfriend, whom I had been friends with for a long amount of time. 10 months with my best friend had felt like such a long yet short period of time. Of course we had our many differences which caused changes to occur which weren’t exactly classified as good or bad. Soon many months passed and we began to gain no control of our own relationship; boyfriend wise and best friend wise. In general, people start getting tired and stressed with the many rumors that are said amongst others which lead to fighting, arguing, disagreement, and then separation. In time, we broke up but remained close. On December 16, 2012, my close friend started to become a friend who would just say hi to me in the hallways. Conversations between us were scarce or very short. Sooner or later, I thought, this friendship will abruptly end. And I was correct. It is now September 20, 2013 and there is nothing left. The “hellos” and smiles do not exist anymore and someone who meant
Mr. Ayres
Honors World Lit. 0
20 September 2013
Changes
Looking through old letters, pictures, and conversations from previous months and years, hits me with a shock of reality and how nothing is, or will ever be the same. Focusing on this realization not necessarily makes me happy, but neither does it make me sad. “Things always change and happen for a reason.” So I’ve heard. But what exactly is that reason? Is it something we as individuals must search for ourselves? Overall, it really does astonish me how much can change within a short period of time. Most friendships and relationships that randomly build together are said to be the best. But do we know how they will end? Why they will end? Eventually, one person gets tired of the other and the relationship between both of you becomes unstable. Sometimes nothing happens between you two and things will just begin to feel different which draws each person’s feelings to slowly change. Two years ago on December 16, 2011, I committed to my first boyfriend, whom I had been friends with for a long amount of time. 10 months with my best friend had felt like such a long yet short period of time. Of course we had our many differences which caused changes to occur which weren’t exactly classified as good or bad. Soon many months passed and we began to gain no control of our own relationship; boyfriend wise and best friend wise. In general, people start getting tired and stressed with the many rumors that are said amongst others which lead to fighting, arguing, disagreement, and then separation. In time, we broke up but remained close. On December 16, 2012, my close friend started to become a friend who would just say hi to me in the hallways. Conversations between us were scarce or very short. Sooner or later, I thought, this friendship will abruptly end. And I was correct. It is now September 20, 2013 and there is nothing left. The “hellos” and smiles do not exist anymore and someone who meant