Past Essentials

We have all had those moments when it dawns on us that someone we once needed, cherished...even loved is no longer necessary. But boy does it sting! After sharing hopes, dreams, secrets, failures, punishments...their season ends and with it the reason for the bond. What do you do then?

How do you carry on doing this thing called life with out this person who was once so essential? I mean, you were inseperable from when Rupee's Tempted To Touch only had one version...from when Edwin Yearwood had a flat-top and his hair was one colour...from when Dragon Balls Z and Sailor Moon were the must-sees after school...from when Lifetime, CNN, TNT and Cartoon Network were channels 14, 22, 26 & 30 respectively...from when you actually keyed in 8 to watch CBC...from when Hope & Bo first fell in love on Days...or better yet before Brooke hooked up with Eric, Ridge and Thorne on Bold & Beautiful...from when ZRs and Minibuses had names...or as far back as when Steve Erkel used to show and Mariah Carey had no breasts!

You have been through it all...first period, training bras, first kiss, skipping classes, shopping, laughter, tears...you have shared it all!

It is hard isn't it?...So hard to truly walk away from that past essential...but its also so essential to walk away from the past. Many of you have and for that I applaud you...but how do to do it when that past essential is you?

It is easy to sever someone that isn't a part of you...but what happens when the time has come to shed your former self? Put away childish things, bad habits, past desires and grow?...Its even harder, isn't it?

Yea, I know....but guess what?...Who can progress while looking back? Everything has its season...a distinct beginning and end. It is the natural course of things...go with the flow!