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Missing things: A short piece about how you don't realize how much things mean to you until you lose them.
Posted by Josiah T., Oct 15, 2007. 219 views. ID = 166
 
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Missing things

Posted by Josiah T., Oct 15, 2007. 219 views. ID = 166
This post was written in 11 minutes.
Some of this is written from personal experience, but some of it isn't.
This post has been awarded 11 stars by 4 readers.

You never really know how much you'll miss something until you actually lose it.

For example, if you have a dog, he may seem like a nuisance. Then he runs into the road and gets creamed by a semi. Then you realize how much he meant to you, and how much you'll miss him now that he's gone.

As a kid, you're parents can seem like they put lots of restrictions and "Can't do's" on you. Then you grow up and realize that they had a point when they told you not to do something. But by then you're grown up and off on your own. You're parents no longer have ultimate control over the way you live, and you begin to miss that fact.

Say you have a friend that you have complete trust in. He's told you everything there is to know about himself, and you've done the same to him. What happens when one of you breaks that trust? Can you ever repair that relationship? You never realize how much that relationship meant to you until you lose it.

It's the same way when someone you know dies. You think of hundreds of things that you wish you'd said to that person, but it's too late now. You'll never have the chance on this earth.

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Katie
Oct 15, 2007
Kind of sad, but good job.
   ~Posted by Katie, Oct 15, 2007


Douglas
Oct 16, 2007
nicely done. Here's a little redundancy for you...

"but now it's too late now" :)
   ~Posted by Douglas, Oct 16, 2007


Josiah T.
Oct 16, 2007
Oops. I put that in when I was editing it. I forgot I'd already put it in. Guess I'd better go fix it.... :-P
   ~Posted by Josiah T., Oct 16, 2007


Angela
Oct 18, 2007
T.T That whole friend and trust thing just happened to me...

"it's too late now" and "sorry doesn't fix anything" ...
   ~Posted by Angela, Oct 18, 2007


Estrella LeMar
Oct 23, 2007
I know exactly what you mean. It is hard when you lose something that was once very close...
people take things for granted now-a-days.
   ~Posted by Estrella LeMar, Oct 23, 2007




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