Something like parenthood

I mean, yeah.

I'll miss all those good times we had together. I'll miss them, but I won't forget them. I'll cherish them because you have always been the best friend I wanted, but never really had.

It sorta feels like parenthood where you nurture your child and then they push you away. It feels something like that. You can't wait to see what they become of themselves, and you hope you did a good job in guiding them and steering them in the right direction. You hope that they took your advice and make right decisions. But, there comes a time where your child will have to push off from you and make his or her own way in this world, and you can't do anything about it. They make their own mistakes, and find their own solutions. They don't need you anymore.

You watch your child fade away into the distance and you hope that one day, they'll come back. Maybe not to stay, but maybe for a visit. And there comes a time where you'll need them as much as they needed you. And it's up to them if they're willing or able to come back to you.

"'I told her that when you didn't need me - but you did want me: then I must leave you.'"
- Nurse Matilda