My Best Friends' Forthcoming Weddings

Take note of the noun, it's plural! yes, my two best friends are getting married on the same year. One of them has been with her boyfriend for almost 3 years now while the other one had just been found recently by her boyfriend. I am overjoyed for both of them because I knew that they deserve to be happy. 

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They are my two closest friends, we were actually four but one of them migrated to the US and so the 3 of us were left in the Philippines until I started my journey to the road less traveled by. While taking this journey, they have been with me. They have been a witness to my life's development both personal and professional. They knew everything about me, they have laughed and cried with me, they have shared with me my successes and failures. Lately, it dawned on me that I'll be losing them, of course not physically but I am expecting and anticipating that there will be changes. 

When one of them announced the final date of their wedding and asked me to be part of the entourage, I was extremely happy. After a week, I was not expecting that the other one would also be announcing that she's getting married in December. I felt happy upon knowing it while at the same time shocked by the news. It was least expected because a month ago, just before I left the Philippines, she told me that there is nothing official going on between them, so receiving this news in less than a month, shocked me indeed. 

Later that evening, I realized that i'll be alone. I have a partner and have sustained it for a long period of time, long distance! No clear directions to where it is heading but all i knew is, I am happy with my relationship despite its challenges. With my friends around me, there was no personal pressure or any longing to have a husband or start a family of my own because I knew they are there but this recent development is an awakening for me, like what my mom would always tell me, friends won't always be around for you so better look for a partner. It dawned on me that indeed it's true. Of course my mom is always there though i knew that it won't be forever. It's great though that I found new friends who are single like me and the same age as mine who I think are blessings in another form. 

I am hoping and praying that whatever is His plan for me, I'd better be prepared for it, emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually.