bittersweet goodbyes

Sometimes I wish I never saw friends again…

because when I see them again, I am reminded of all the wonderful times we shared…

and then those wonderful times increase and increase until it becomes hard to part with them once again…

but isn't that the most beautiful blessing?

to have brothers and sisters to run alongside this race with…

to share of His goodness and share in His joys and mercies.

What a blessing that is.

Bittersweet goodbyes may be the only way to truly recognize and reconcile with that. How beautiful that is.