Reflecting on all the amazing memories I have created with classmates who have already flown back to their original homes, I have no recollection of how fast the time has passed besides the lingering feeling of longing. I will still of course try to keep in touch with as many possible friends as I am able to with busy home lives, tedious school schedules, and more. However, I have found a new unfamiliar form of understanding. Knowing I had already gone through this process twice more in my first years at Brookes, I had never expected myself to find new feelings I had never felt before. Previously I felt I needed to reach out and constantly try to reconnect with every friend I had made to no avail. Fighting to keep the once-present memories alive which I hoped could stay in my daily routine forever. It kept me back from truly appreciating the small amount of time I was able to have with them. By not fully understanding as I do now, how most great things do not last forever, I could never understand how special each moment you have with someone truly means. Life moves fast and I am so grateful I was even lucky enough to have met everyone I have met this first term. I hope this following term brings as many new beginnings as these first months have and I hope everyone who has sadly left Brookes will be able to remember fondly everyone who will be forever missing their presence