Saying Goodbye

Saying goodbye is one of the hardest things for me to do. I do not like change. It is scary and uncomfortable.

We have all heard the phrase "People are in your life for a reason, season or lifetime." However true this may or may not be, I will not address. Often times it seems like that season ends much faster than I would like. Tonight I will say goodbye to someone who has changed my life monumentally in the past nine months. She is moving to St. Louis. I am sad and kind of mad. I don't understand why God would put our paths together for such a short time. I don't feel like the reason we met has been resolved, but obviously her season is changing. It brings me back to Ecclesiastes again... there is a time and a season for everything. I wish my emotions could get in line with that.

I am having a hard time ending things well. I do not know how to say thank you to Michele for all she has done. How do I not waste our last few minutes together by being upset? How do I trust that God has a plan for this?