Saturday, May 06, 2006
Grown
The other day a question was asked in the writing group.
"Ever hear the term, 'Why don't you grow up?' Write about the event that marked the end of your childhood."While one of the ladies wrote about how she grew up the moment she brought her first born into the world and another explained how the day she entered the miltary at 17 made her into a woman, I had a different story to tell.....
My response:
"It's a bit tricky for me. I was the kid that was always told that I embodied an old soul and perhaps I was bit too independent or ahead of my time. I did things at ages that I am sure I had no business doing, but it wasn't out of spite or a call for attention. It was just me feeling as though I was ready to advance to the next level.
However, it took me just about all of my life (to this point) to realize that in the midst of my so called "independent" way of thinking and doing things as a kid, teenage, and young adult... I still wasn't totally independent. I was still living for others and not for me.
My turning point didn't come until last year when I turned 25 and started to live for me. Then in the latter portion of the year two events made me "women up. 1) My grandmother's husband having his stroke last spring and all the drama that followed. The drama still continues 2.) My mother's mini stroke last fall.
Thankfully my mother bounced back to an almost perfect bill of health, but it was especially after my her stroke that I realized the tables were turning. I was an adult and it was my turn to be the care giver for the ones that cared and nurtured me for so long.
It was almost a crash course for me, but I think I adapted and adjusted pretty well....
At 26.. I still have some ways to go, but I can honestly say... I have given away to the whole "innocence" of things.
Now I'm just waiting to hit 30 when I'm "officially" Grown and Sexy! At 30 I'm stopping the clock! Done!!!! "
Posted by KomplexPhemale ::
1:04 AM ::
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