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CTY is special because of the people, not the place. And the people there know that CTY is
about Real Friendship. Real Friendship is about Love. It follows that CTY is about Love.
I've always considered myself a CTY die-hard-core. Forever.
The 1st two years, I felt the Love. But I felt like I was going to CTY from Cherry Hill, NJ.
Leaving was always hard, because I was returning to Cherry Hill, which could never be even
close to as meaningful as CTY was.
This year, I felt the Love again. And the fervor of CTY at CAR.1'96 was higher than I'd ever
known it to be.
Conclusion?: In actuality, we're more than mere CTY-die-hard-cores; CTY is our home. No
longer are we looking back to Carlyle; we're facing West from it. So we know that our CTY
Family is standing with us.
Even if I don't go back next year, it's okay. CTY, and all CTYers will be with me.
No other dances will rival those of CTY. No Friendship will ever be as meaningful as a CTY
Bond. But, as long as those Friendships are in my heart, I'll never lose the Love.
I was walking thru the halls of my school a few days ago. It was dead, but you can tell it's
gearing up for a new year.
High school is supposed to be a turning point in life. Instead, it's been, and will continue to be
a whizzing blur of colors.
Walking softly, I realized I have changed. Since Carlyle is Home now, I realize that home,
indeed, is where the heart is.
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CTY teaches us to fly. I was a meek little hummingbird before I came to CTY, before I came
home. Now, I can stretch my eagle's wings, these huge wings that span my body. But I have
to use them. And so, I must fly from my home.
Notice the "y" instead of "is" in Carlye... first of all, is is a passive verb, and there's nothing
passive about CTY. Also, "y" is used in all things mythologically wonderful but real. It's not
Carlisle, PA that we love.. It's Carlyle, home of our Hearts. (That said, let's go back to calling
it Carlisle.)
The scariest part of being a NoMore is probably the thought of being forgotten.
But you don't have to be remembered to be known. Think back to your first year. Though you
didn't remember passed NoMores, and maybe only vaguely aware that NoMores existed.
But you HONORED them, and their Legacy of Love by living, and enjoying, and reveling in
your newfound Friends.
The Joy, the Pain that you felt there kept all passed CTYers alive, and kept Hope for the
CTYers to come.
Likewise, Future CTYers will keep our Memory Alive, by reveling in CTY Freedom, and in
each other. And us. They don't have to remember to know.
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