goodbye, andrea

saying goodbye is never easy. but it is a part of life. seems like a day to day routine. an inevitability of the relating human existence.

last summer i said goodbye to two friends. both of them are really new friends. after knowing them for a time, they were taken away so soon... one is temporarily, i so hope. but the other one is for a lifetime.

here's my first goodbye epistle...

"Hi andrea, welcome back! I’ve been honored hearing from you and becoming a witness of God’s transforming work in your life. He is, indeed, good and faithful! Salamat sa balita at mga reflections. Thanks for the forwarded articles, too.

Been feasting on a lot of thoughts and ‘wonderment’ while reading your update and stories of and from the heart. It’s another experience, too, looking at those pictures. Just would like to say that ‘hadn’t my heart burn while hearing from you?’

Thanks my dear friend for everything. Would like to take this privilege to personally send you off with blessing! I join the rest of your friends and family in letting you go where you rightly belong ;-) in the space and time He set for you before even time began.

See you again ;-) in His time... Love, ~*shajarah ;-)))"

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