Since I was a kid I have always wanted to be older. I always thought the older I got the better life would be. But little did I know my 7 year old life was actually perfect. My mom was taking care of me and I didn’t have to worry about anything. Homework was easy friendship problems were solved with candy. Life was at its finest. I was creative and adventurous and more confident in myself than I’d ever be. As I grow older all of this is starting to change. I have become less creative because all fantasies have been ruined and I’ve woken up. Santa is no longer real and the tooth fairy doesn’t exist because I have no more baby teeth. All of my greatest imaginations have been long forgotten. I’ve become less adventurous because of all the extreme dangerous I’ve come to realize surround me. I no longer love the same things I use to as a kid. Like rain . The rain brought such joy because you can go outside and play in it and pretend that you can take a shower while you splash in puddles with your rain boots. All the best adventurous happened in the rain. Now the rain isn’t the same. I only look forward to rain because I’ll get good sleep but otherwise it doesn’t excite me like it use to. But every once and awhile it’s nice to smell the rain it always brings me back to the old days. And the confidence I had feeling like I could take on the world. Feeling like I was the strongest thing to ever walk the planet. But sadly times have changed. There’s social media now and there’s way to many people to compare myself to as well. I sit on a tiny screen and scroll for hours even though it’s extremely unhealthy I’m now addicted. The sad part is I’m not even that old it’s only been 10 years since I was 7. And yes my mother is still taking care of me for the time being. But this year I graduate. And I’m not sure I’m ready. To go off to college and experience this ugly world for what it is all alone. Or maybe it won’t be ugly. Maybe I’ll see the world and myself like I did when I was 7. Maybe I’ll be adventurous and discover new opportunities maybe I’ll be creative minded and invent something and maybe I’ll get my confidence back and be as strong as I was then. Maybe one day when it starts to rain I won’t just go to sleep, maybe I’ll pretend to take a shower and splash in a puddle or two with my big girl boots. Maybe I’ll stop becoming such an ADULT.
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ANGELA HERE - Hi Zoe welcome to MPS it is an interactive site. Thanks for you first STORY - quite an autobiography ! Every age has its compensations - Im 32 and getting married in April to BRIAN 36. But I agree with you being 7 for ever would be WICKED ! As we get older life does become more realistic and imagination does get dulled with age. However RAIN is always fabulous - and part of the WATER CYCLE ! It is the abubndance of Liquid Water that makes the Earth the only living Planet in the Solar System. So keep jumpin* in the puddles - they deserve it ! SOCIAL MEDIA is very time consuming & can be dangerous ! Brian & I are Church Youth Leaders and tell our Teens that ONE HOUR a DAY is more than enough ! College & the World of Work is very important & in the USA you have more opportunity than any other Country in the World. I was interested in Medicine and qualified as a Physiotherapist - awsome job that can be practised anywhere in the World ! And then as you mture there are Boys (& Men) ! I had many relationship (Good - Bad & Ugly) but I met Brian when I was 28 and we are great together - AMEN ! Being an ADULT gives you independence & money but also responsibility ! What you are is Gods Gift to YOU - What you make of yourself is Your Gift back to GOD ! Enjoy MPS & keep posting more Stories. If you have any Questions - Please ask ! I have a question for YOU. There is only one ZUMBRODA in the USA but many AURORAS - what State are you in ? When we travel in the USA (from the UK) every State seems like a different Country TEXAN TEENS are from a different Planet compared with the the TEENS from IOWA etc. Texas by the way is Four times bigger than the Whole of the UK ! Each American has EIGHT times more space than each Brit !
Well its nice to meet You ZOE
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Blessings - ANGELA & BRIAN !
I live in Aurora Illinois. And I honestly can’t wait to go to college. I wanna study to become a surgical nurse but there’s so many other things that I believe I can be.
Thanks Zoe - Illinois is a great State to be in and Chicago (especially the Waterfront) is one of the most vibrant Cities in the whole of the USA ! A Surgical Nurse is a great *hands-on* Job and very rewarding. Brian is an Applied Science Lecturer and we both think *Working with People* are the best Jobs - AMEN.
Every Blessing for the Future
Yours Angela & Brian 🧡🤍💙
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William Blake had a theory that a person passed from the innocence of childhood through the experiences of adulthood and, if he was attentive, achieved a new innocence with experience. At least, I think that's how it went. Anyhow, exccellent, engaging writing. Bravo!
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