A New Concept

i was faced with an entirely foreign idea today:
i will be missed.
i wasn't planning on being missed, honestly it never even crossed my mind. i was at my church and i was telling people about the internship. i expected them to act happy for me, but most of them also said they would miss me. i wasn't prepared for that. i thought since i had already been gone most of the summer i would just kinda fade out, and they'd go on like I'd never been there. But they said they'd miss me... And i think most of them meant it.
I'm not sure what to do with this, i've missed a lot of other people but i've never been missed before.
i miss my older brother every day. i've had countless friends, teachers, youth groups, and pastors, come and go through my life. i've missed them all for a time, but i've never been missed.
i thought, at most, a handful of people would still be thinking about me in two months. Instead it's a lot of people! So many asked when I'll be back, and a few asked if they could come visit me.
i will be missed.
It's an entirely new concept, and I'm not really sure what to do with it.