Chris' prayer: Jars of Clay's "Goodbye, Goodnight"

And fake a smile as we all say goodbye

It can be really, really hard sometimes to say goodbye.

Right now, I'm having trouble saying goodbye to a friend. Or, more accurately, the role that a friend has played in my life. We still get along, and still have a great time whenever we see each other, but things have changed. The role that he played in my life has moved from something of depth, of real substance, to more of a surface-level type friendship. This is not how I wanted it to be. This is not what I had envisioned for our relationship.

But it is what it is. Sometimes I have to say goodbye even when I don't want to. Sometimes I have to say goodbye to people I don't want to. Or to roles that people play. And sometimes I have to fake a smile all along, pretending that everything is okay.



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