Today, it’s hitting me. For the past countless months, I have been living like the friend of the one going away. I have gotten all of her paperwork in order, told her friends and family, lined up/been informed of almost all of her fundraising, read the books and information she’s needed to read, and gotten all of her supplies in order and packed well. But now, today, that girl and I are finally switching roles. It is no longer her that is going but me; it is no longer her that will be in the known unknown of God, for it is me. I am her. We are the same. I feel I must be crazed; this is so much out of my comfort zone. But before it was just her, so I could deal with not thinking about it too much. Now it’s just so real and tangible. I can see it. The past and future coming together to form the present.  And the present is only a few days away. Here I come, Oh Lord; I will follow You all of my days….