All Grown Up

I love still answering questions about what I want to be when I grow up. I definitely don't feel all grown up, I don't know if I ever will. But if I do, when I'm all grown up, I still want to have a youthful spirit....(I mean, as youthful a spirit as I can have for someone whose been called Mom from the tender age of 16). I don't want to forget my childhood, lose my imagination or sense of adventure. I still want to ride roller coasters, and indulge my sweet tooth, and laugh until I cry, and live life to the fullest.

I know some people who are grown up and they've managed to hold onto their memory of youth,and without undergoing surgery or pretending to be younger than they are, they still have that heart of a child, and its gold.

Then there's some people I know that are all grown up, but they've lost that part of their former self.

And then I know some people that think they're all grown up, and really really aren't.

And so to help people discern whether or not they fall into the last category, I have compiled a list on ways to know if someone is in fact grown up/growing up. I do not claim to be an expert on the matter. I do not claim to be a grown up. However, my twenty years of experience is enough for me to provide you with this.....

- being grown up is about more than cars and credit cards
- being grown up is sometimes doing things that aren't your favourite, that sometimes aren't fun, and that sometimes aren't convenient for you
- being grown up is choosing not to complain about the things you can't change, because its fruitless, and choosing not to complain about the things you can change because that's called laziness
- being grown up is learning how to settle conflict and learning the art of the apology
- being grown up is about taking responsibility for you, nothing more, nothing less
- being grown up is about living in a world with more people in it than just yourself