Moments & Memories
Do you ever get intensely nostalgic?
When I was running a few days ago, I passed these little boys on miniature BMX bikes and freaked out. They were like 8 or younger (one of them still had the training wheels attached to his bike) but they reminded me so much of the friends I had growing up.
I feel like I should still be in middle school.
I was out to lunch with my family the other day and we were talking about our futures and college dreams and things of that nature and it kind of freaked me out. I'm 19 years old and I'm already halfway done with my first year of college. I've made it through the awkward days of Lizzie McGuire reruns and growing pains and now here I am at adulthood.
I look back at these moments and wonder how they're over. But it's no reason to mope!
I know that the moments I'm living in right now will eventually be moments I'm nostalgic for, and so I should live life to the fullest every single second.
Cliche, but true.
I totally hear you on that Erin! I have felt really nostalgic this week too. And for some of the same reasons. Like for instance, seeing little boys "playing soccer"when they really are just running around enthusiastically chasing a ball. Thatw as me once upon a time!!! And i remember my Dad always taking me to Mickey D's after soccer games as a kid. I don't know, whenever i have those I miss my childhood moments, thats when i look up lizzie mcguire reruns, or have a pizza party and hannah montana dance party with my friend, or look at old teen fashion magazines that I used to soak up in middle school for useless advice on boys and make-up! lol. I think sometimes its important to go back and relive your youth. because sometimes we get so caught up in the adult process that we forget how to be a young and naive kid. And i think doing those things sometimes teaches me more than adult things do. And i definitely know reliving those things makes me nicer to others. Which may seem weird, but honestly, i think people grow colder and meaner as they get older because they get stressed out, there's a lot on their plate, and they aren't as happy or having much fun. you know? And thats something all kids are good at. Being happy and having fun. or at least most.
ReplyDeleteAnyways, done with the rant now!! lol. But hey, if you ever want to do something crazy and have a back to childhood day, we should! We can make a lemonade stand or get ice cream from the ice cream man or something! LOL
Aw I'm 23 and feel like I should still be in middle school ALL the time. I remember when i graduated college i had an ABSOLUTE panic attack. Like I felt like i was tipped out of a bucket and into the real world, drowning. Childhood is so much more simpler and fun, but feeling your way through adulthood is fun too :) i say just enjoy what stage you're in now because you'll never get to have it again, and always look back fondly on your past :D
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Yep. I turned 14 and I am still 14.
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Even though that was one of the best and worst years of my life; my friend had moved last summer and the new girl and I were still figuring each other out,("dorky" homeschooler meets fashionble (but very nice!)pretty public schooler) I liked my hair, math wasn't as bad, but I also grew like a weed and outgrew clothes as fast, got braces and was still trying to find my place in our new church. (a family intergrated one if you've heard about them perhaps...?) I also wanted to do and say a lot of things, but I was to scared to...Not so this year, and I feel like I'm finally doing what I wanted to when I was 14. So who knows? I might actually feel 17later this year!
And you're right; someday I'll be nostalgic for the days after I graduate, so I should live them to the fullest.
Good post.
~Jenny