The day is finally here.
My brother is going to college; and I honestly don’t know what to say about it. It feels surreal, like there’s a misty haze around all of my thoughts because I never truly believed this day would come. But the future is here. I’m the oldest kid in the house now. I have to help with driving now. I graduate two years from now.
This truly is the final nail in the coffin of my childhood, and I don’t really have any advice for dealing with it. Maybe just keep telling yourself that they are better off in college? We all love seeing the ones we love win, so just focus on that. They finally won and got the happy ending to the first chapter of their life.
It’s time for a new chapter. Change is oftentimes a really positive thing; it can bring unimaginable new people, ideas, and places into your life. So while it may be uncomfortable at first, it’s worth it to keep going, to not let the change bring you down too much. We just have to make the conscious decision to embrace the change every day. Every day is a new chance for the change to materialize in a new way. So eventually, the mist will fade.
So as much as I despise change, I’m willing to embrace it. It was inevitable at one time or another, so there’s no use in being upset about it.
Tomorrow will come. His room will be empty, the bags will be whisked away to Ithaca, and I will embrace the change. Because as much as I despise it—change isn’t always the end, sometimes, it’s just the beginning.
Until next time,
Ella Greene
