On New Year's Eve I listened to my sister and two of her friends talk about Taylor Swift songs. All three of them are enamored with the popular artist. One song though, Never Grow Up, they laughed at. For those of you who aren't Taylor Swift fans, the 21 year old singer is warning younger girls not to grow up too fast. As she moves into her own apartment, she is wishing she didn't have to grow up.
I looked at the three girls, giggling on the couch and thought, "You have no idea what you are talking about." The words of the song seemed so perfectly to fit the three of them. They are 14, everything sends them into fits of giggles. There is so little in their life that they can regret. They can't wait to grow up and get on with their lives.
I'm only 5 years older, it doesn't sound like much, but all of a sudden these girls seemed so little. I haven't moved out yet, but I am making my own decisions. I'm making decisions and managing college, work, health insurance, bills, and am in control of my life. I have regrets and there are certainly days when I wished I hadn't grown up.
It was such a weird feeling, seeing myself as a grown up. I may be an adult and doing things on my own, but I definitely don't feel like one. I just wish I could convince my sister and her friends that they should never grow up.
Pax Christi!
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