Tori Allen, a 2008 graduate, drove from Atlanta to say one last goodbye to the trees.

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One last gesture, one last goodbye, one last promise made to that woman who was me so long ago.

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It's like one of those painful last stands in romances, the goodbye lunch, when everybody knows, you've moved on.

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Last month, we had to say goodbye to our beloved dog, Lyle.

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"Don't do this again, " were his father Michael's last words to him when the two kissed goodbye in Turkey.

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On my last day at the museum, I said goodbye to these painted women, who at first had seemed two dimensional and flat but had come to life and become friends.

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On the last day, I took her hands and said goodbye and told her how much I had enjoyed taking care of her.

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We said goodbye at the door of the station, and that was the last time I saw her.

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But I still enjoyed saying goodbye, and the plot was a clever way to bring everyone together for one last whine.

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We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to touch the face of God.

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