saying goodbye.

Seattle...

I am hoping to be abroad for a year or more after graduation. Also, since I leave the day after graduation I won't be home- on the west side of Washington for a while...  That said, I spent my spring break and the weekend after saying goodbye to family, friends, and the place I have called home for the last fifteen years.  It was weird.  I have no doubt I will be back and I know I will see my family and friends again, but this goodbye was a bit more final than any other goodbye I've ever experienced.  Even when I moved to Argentina I knew I'd be back at Whitworth after a semester and back in Seattle living with my family for the summer.  These are some snapshots of my time at home...

on the ferry snapping photos

my family in a nutshell... =)

Goodbye, Farewell

by Kolabomi Adeko 

Farewell is beautiful
A glimpse into the future
Farewell is wonderful
It sets for Adventure

Goodbye is sad
A dive into the past
Goodbye is hard
It memories cast

For old faces must go
Yet new places to go

A chapter opened
And a chapter closed

O Farewell O farewell
How nice if I could tomorrow tell

O Goodbye O goodbye
In thou sweet memories lie

For us you take backward
And make to the past hold
Farewell a' forward
To face the future bold

And today
Yes verily day
With feelings set at bay
These very words I say

Farewell and goodbye
Goodbye and farewell

I say with pleasure and pain
Yes with tears
With grief and joy
Tears of grief and joy

love the forrest!

stunning view!

...Yeah I will miss home a lot! But I am stoked for the adventures I am about to have!!! Now I just have to say "bye" to my friends here in Spokane and Whitworth.... not quite ready for that! good thing I have five weeks...

Cheers!

hannah