{"id":1496,"date":"2005-08-30T01:20:29","date_gmt":"2005-08-30T08:20:29","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T07:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=1496","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

When you\\’re saying goodbye to someone, do you want to spend every moment with them until they leave at the airport? Is a farewell at the airport better fit than saying goodbye at the curb? Or even a goodbye at someone\\’s house the night before?<\/p>\n

Airports for me are a place of goodbyes. One of my first major goodbye at an airport was almost 4 years ago now. It was at the LAX airport where I was saying goodbye to him<\/i>. It was the day after a major realization. And there we were, my flight fortunately slightly delayed. We left his dad\\’s car in rush to make it to my 8 am flight. The time was 7:55 am. We were at the gate (pre-9\/11). I said (with a cliched giggle), \\”Not goodbye, but I\\’ll see you later. Soon.\\”<\/p>\n

And with that, came my many goodbyes an airport. There were times I really believed that I wouldn\\’t see someone again. But because I knew our relationship would change with the upcoming months, and we wouldn\\’t find that drive to see each other again. Or perhaps, it was a chance meeting, a meeting that wouldn\\’t occur because we weren\\’t good enough friends. One of the last times I said goodbye was at the oakland airport to Noah<\/a> and Jesse someone I had met recently. I would see Noah again…but to see Jesse, a developing friendship has to appear. And in Boston, I said goodbye to Karen. But in that case, there are no unspoken words. I am going to see her again, no matter what.<\/p>\n

<\/a>And so tomorrow, Janette is leaving. I hope to visit her in Seattle. But with so many visits, both people need to have a mutual desire of visiting. She was one of the most awesome people I have met at CMU. And so many others I haven\\’t mentioned. Just that right now, if I am saying hello to all these new people, how will I handle saying goodbye when I have to leave Pittsburgh for good?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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