An Apology to the Past, Present, and Future

Since childhood, I had friends and we always promised each other to always be friends. However, as I grew older, I realized that such thing was impossible. I’m writing this to my childhood friends saying I’m sorry I haven’t kept my promise. I’m also writing this to my future friends and especially my current friends who live in a fantasy world. They think that their lives will be the same a year from now. They think they’ll have the same friends a year from now. They think that everything will be handed to them on a silver platter.

Yusuf, Omar, Abdilahi, and the rest of my friends, I love you guys to death and I wish we could all be friends for life. However, it’s unfortunately my duty to tell you guys that it doesn’t work like that. I’ve been thinking lately thinking about our friend Ryder. Do you guys remember how close we were and how often we hanged out? And have you guys noticed how often we even speak nowadays? Barely! That is mainly because he doesn't go to Abaarso Tech anymore but it's also the painful truth that your narrow minds don’t even notice. And that is what’s about to happen a year from now to the rest of us. We will separate and take on different courses in our lives and I don’t want to break promises like I did to my childhood friends and that’s why I had to talk about the inevitable. This “inevitable” faith will also probably happen to my future friends and to everyone who has friends.

We went through everything that happened in the school together and stood by each other even knowing that we were wrong. We celebrated the basketball tournament together and we celebrated Abdilahi being the student council president together. We also used a 2M by 2M bathroom together during our thrilling trip to Ethiopia. We did so many other things, whether it’s embarrassing other people or something else, that I’m sure that I’ve spent the last 3 years with the best friends that I could ask for. But it’s all coming to an end and I want you guys to know that I’ll always remember you guys because Dan made me write a one page blog and you guys came into my mind.

Omar, we all know you are doing well so I’ll dedicate this paragraph to Yusuf and Abdilahi aka Plato (he has so many great philosophical ideas). I know you guys don’t take anything I say seriously, but I wish you guys could see my facial expression while writing this to tell how serious I am. You guys need to take things seriously especially since you guys are about to go to college (Hang on! Don’t start rolling your eyes). I feel like I haven’t done what I could to get you guys to be successful in your lives and that doesn’t make me a good friend. First of all, Plato, you should post all of your blogs even though they are months late. Also, you should quit what we talked about yesterday. On the other hand, Yusuf, you just have to be a man! We both know what I’m talking about and I’m sure you wouldn’t want me to talk about it any further. That’s all I have for you guys.

Finally, I just want to apologize again to my childhood friends and to my current friends. I love you guys.