?

Sometimes I stop and wonder...

 when I grew up.

When I went from this:

To This:

When I got big enough that mommy and daddy couldn't hold me anymore.

When my arms got long enough to completely wrap around mom and dad for full hugs. 





When I grew up and could stop holding their hands at crosswalks, when I went from riding in the car to driving one.

When I stopped doing this in my spare time

When I got to be a senior  in high school.

Sometimes I stop and ask...

how did that happen?

When did that happen?

I remember vividly my first day of preschool.

I'll never forget my first day of elementary school.

It seems like I just had my first day of middle school.

I can't forget how terrified I was my first day of high school.

And I can't believe I'm this close to my first day of college.

I'm kinda, really scared.

However, I know that all these years of school have been for a reason. All these years of growing up taught me and cultivated me, giving me my morals and beliefs. They've made me into the adult I'm going to become really soon.

The thought of graduating and moving away from home nearly moves me to tears. I can't leave home. I won't leave home.

I'm going to stay at home as long as I can, because no matter how much I want to go and roam, I know that I'll have to live on my own for the rest of my life afterwards. Because I'm never going to look like this again.