#0057 | you are missed right now
Submitted by Lizzie in Carbondale, Illinois.
Here’s Lizzie’s story:
“I have an amazing best friend. We automatically took to each other when we met in the 8th grade, and although we have had our ups and downs, she is perhaps the most amazing person I have ever met. I can’t really explain our connection, but a lot of times we are thinking the same thoughts. Or what I lack, she makes up for and vice versa. I suppose if you want to get cliché you can say “she completes me.”
Right now she is going through a really tough time. Her mom is terminally ill with an inoperable brain tumor. She’s only 20. She has taken a year off from school (missing her study abroad in England) and has taken care of her mom almost completely by herself.
As you can understand, she is an amazingly strong person. I tell her how amazing she is, but she doesn’t believe it, or can’t feel that way about herself. I don’t know what to say or do to make her feel better. I am at a loss.
I know it is almost impossible for her to feel anything but sadness right now, but I really want her to see how wonderful and caring of a person she is, even though, I realize that will take a lot of time.
I don’t want her to forget that I am going to always be there for her, but right now it feels hard since I am 3 hours away at school. I feel like I should be there everyday, not just on weekends. Just to make sure she knows that is not alone.
I don’t know what I expect from this haiku. Maybe I just needed to tell the story. Put it out there for everyone to see.”
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Thanks so much! This made my day!
Mine too
One of my best friends since middle school had a similar thing happen to her this summer when her dad passed away. Her family knew it was coming, and they moved from Kansas City to Ohio, where they were originally from. She said to me while all of this was happening, “How do I explain to people that we’re moving to Ohio because that’s where my dad wants to die?” I almost cried at that. But she knew that we loved her, even if we couldn’t always show it. And taking her mind off things was just as important as listening to her. When you go through something that awful, sometimes you just want some distance. She’s able to talk about it more now, but more than anything she just wanted to feel like things were normal when she was with her friends.
You know what I think? I think you are also an amazing person even if you don´t know it