It happened again.
Like I said, I've been away for a few days at the 'bonding' trip. And let me tell you...
Wow.
When we got there- I have to say, I think I set my standards a little too low. I was literally expecting a mud house- but it turned out to be one of those cosy wooden lodges you see at Center-Parcs.
One moment in particular will stick with me for a long time. All eleven of us were in a big room, sharing bunk beds. Four bunk beds, eleven of us- we were very cosy, and it was very warm: you can probably guess.
And it started off with us all squashed on one bed watching vlogs we had made during the trip. It was emotional, to say the least. Looking around I could see we all had tears in our eyes.
It was beautiful. I'm not saying that I feed off the sadness of my friends, but seeing them like that. Like, they feel the same way I do- and that makes you realise that you mean as much to other people as they do to you.
You're a part of their life, just like they are a part of yours. Everything you say has an influence on them.
Do you want to hear the saddest part?
It was the sudden realisation that we might never be like this again.
Here we are, all sweet and adorable- sharing good times, inside jokes and bunk beds when suddenly. Wait! We start GCSE's next year, with hardly any classes together. We'll be apart more than we are together.
And then what? University, careers, family. You realise that there is more to life. Friends suddenly become a part of school, a part of what will soon be the past.
That night would probably be the time we are closest to each other.
The penny dropped.
So here's where the camera kicked in. I captured the moment, and I'm going to remember it for a very long time.
Before I continue, I just wanna say thanks to you guys. You've become a part of my life- and I didn't really realise it till that night. Before I considered it normal to laugh, to love, to be a part of something. But after that night, I see that we're a part of something much bigger.
And not only that, but I had a party on Sunday. It was the kind of moment you shouldn't forget. We were all so close, and it made me think a lot about how we take a lot of things for granted- when really, it's these things which make us special.
You're all special in your individual ways, we change each other and we make each other see things in a different way. And not many people are lucky enough to witness that, or to be a part of it.
I'm a very lucky person.
I'm asking you to take a minute to put all the bad things behind you and focus on what you've got right now. Appreciate how lucky you really are, even though so much has gone wrong. Just do it.
Don't take anything for granted, because although it might be here today- who knows what is going to happen tomorrow?
Thanks to everyone who shared this experience with me,
I love you all...
Fly On, my friends
Luce xx
PS: I'm giving you a band to listen to this time. They're called Amber Run, and I love them an awful lot. They're just so... Ahh! So yeah, check 'em out...
PPS: I have nothing to say in this bit because I'm so busy trying to do stuff for the blog, and I don't want to keep adding more and more until I actually have something to give you guys. Make sense? No, me neither. Just go with it.
PPPS: Smile, it's the most beautiful thing in the world.
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