I imagine some of my friends to sometimes be smaller children on bicycles with training wheels. Once they are riding the bike without the training wheels, I tend to watch awhile, casually waving at them when they look back over their shoulder... then I just disappear. They have rode so far away that before they know it, I'm a speck who fades into nothingness and they can no longer see me. This doesn't bother me so much. People grow, and people change. I learned a while ago that everyone is not lifetime. Some are seasonal and should be kept as such. I let God place them there, and then I let God take them out.
On the other hand, sometimes, for sanity's sake, I have had to remove myself from the lives of people. If I feel as if I'm being abused, and I cant take anymore... I'll leave. No need to keep hanging around and being accused of things that I haven't done or did not do. I've lost a few friends because of this and one not so long ago. I've learned though, that sometimes, you just have to let go. Sometimes holding on can make it so much worse
