the leaving is the hardest part

When we return from camping, I will tell you about how Emily stayed with me to the bitter end and I sang out, "I'm free!" to keep myself from crying as I walked out the building for the last time and how I stupidly forgot to say goodbye to Roshelle (and will regret that absent mindedness forever--I'm sorry!), but mostly, but I leave you with these images to let you know it's there, in my heart, the leaving.