End of an Era(belle)

Today one of my best friends moved across the country to be with her husband. We had years to mull over this eventuality, and months to mentally prepare ourselves when it was going to be reality, but it still hasn’t sunk in that Nicky is no longer a block away or someone I will get to see at least once a month. Maybe it’s because our group of travelling sisters keeps in contact by text anyway, so in that respect the change isn’t as drastic. But it’s odd to know that someone in your close-knit pentagon is starting a new life in another city and will be settled there for the foreseeable future. Perhaps it will finally hit me when our travelling sisters next see each other and realize that we are now an even number once again. Odd is impermanent.