{"id":5271,"date":"2018-12-06T18:36:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T23:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=5271"},"modified":"2018-12-07T16:36:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T21:36:38","slug":"why-is-saying-goodbye-so-painful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/12\/06\/why-is-saying-goodbye-so-painful\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is saying goodbye so painful?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5264\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120618-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5264\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120618-9-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"Why is saying goodbye so painful?\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120618-9-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120618-9-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/aw120618-9.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Why is saying goodbye so painful?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It depends on the situation. Sometimes it\u2019s hard because we\u2019re having so much fun but we need to address other responsibilities (\u201cI\u2019m having so much fun at this party but I need to leave because I\u2019m working in the morning.\u201d) Sometimes it signals a huge change in our lives, e.g., when you graduate and move on to a whole new world. It\u2019s scary to leave behind the safety and security of what you know and enter the unknown. And it\u2019s sad because you\u2019ll be leaving behind some people too. Change can be difficult, but change can also lead to new adventures and opportunities and growth. I\u2019ll end with some wise words from A.A. Milne and Walt Disney that may help to provide some perspective. \u201cHow lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.\u201d \u201cGoodbye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It depends on the situation. Sometimes it\u2019s hard because we\u2019re having so much fun but we need to address other responsibilities (\u201cI\u2019m having so much fun at this party but I need to leave because I\u2019m working in the morning.\u201d) Sometimes it signals a huge change in our lives, e.g., when you graduate and move &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/12\/06\/why-is-saying-goodbye-so-painful\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why is saying goodbye so painful?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5271"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5294,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5271\/revisions\/5294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}