Thoughtful Thursday: Growing Up

Lately I've been thinking a lot about where I'm going to be in the next year or so. Right now as you all know, I'm on my very last fall/winter break from school. The last time I'll have a month and a half to kick back and enjoy spending quality time with my family. Soon everything is going to change, and I hope I didn't take too much for granted.  After June the 4th, which is my graduation date, or close to it, life begins on my own.

I don't know if I've told you guys this but I"m somewhat of a Taylor Swift fan and I recently got her new album.  She wrote a song about her moving out and having her own apartment for the first time and she is singing to all the younger listeners out there who are in middle school or high school who are ready to grow up fast and do things on their own.  Little do they know when they actually get to that point, they are going to be wishing they were little again.  I can't tell you how many times I've said this in the past two months when I see little children running around. I say to myself, " Oh, to be little again, without a care in the world." They are such bundles of innocence with no worries at all.  On the other end of the spectrum, I can't say I have no worries or responsibility anymore because of course, our lives are full of them. I'm just taking it one step at a time to see how the journey will unfold.

Taylor's song is called  Never Grow Up. I know we all have to at some point, but the message that she is sending is not to rush yourself into it.  Also with a sister who just turned 13 years old, I"m dedicating this song to her.  I love you Amy ;)

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Never Grow Up

Your little hands wrapped around my finger

And it's so quiet in the world tonight,
Your little eyelids flutter cause your dreaming

So, I tuck you in

Turn on your favorite night light

To you, everything's funny

You got nothing to regret

I'd give all I had, honey

If you could stay like that 

Oh, darling don't you ever grow up

Don't you ever grow up 

Just stay this little 

Oh, darling don't you ever grow up

Don't you ever grow up 

It can stay this simple

I won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heart

And no one will desert you 

Just try to never grow up, and never grow up 

You're in the car on the way to the movies

And, you're mortified

Your mom's dropping you off

At fourteen, there's just so much you can't do 

And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots

But, don't make her drop you off around the block 

Remember that she's getting older too 

And don't lose the way that you dance around in your PJ's getting ready 

for school

Oh, darling don't you ever grow up

Don't you ever grow up 

Just stay this little 

Oh, darling don't you ever grow up

Don't you ever grow up 

It can stay this simple

And no one's ever burned you 

Nothing's ever left you scarred

And even though you want to 

Just try to never grow up 

Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room

Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home

Remember the footsteps, remember the words said 

And all your little brother's favorite songs 

I just realized everything I had is someday gonna be gone 

So, here I am in my new apartment 

In a big city, they just dropped me off

It's so much colder than I thought it would be 

So, I tucked myself in and turned my night light on 

Wish I'd never grown up

I wish I'd never grown up 

Oh, I don't wanna grow up 

Wish I'd never grown up 

Could still be little 

Oh, I don't wanna grow up 

Wish I'd never grown up 

It could still be simple 

Oh, darling don't you ever grow up

Don't you ever grow up 

Just stay this little 

Oh, darling don't you ever grow up

Don't you ever grow up 

It can stay this simple

I won't let nobody hurt you

Won't let no one break your heart

And even you want to 

Please, try to never grow up 

Oh, whoa 

Don't you ever grow up 

Oh, whoa 

Never grow up 

Just never grow up