Monday, November 15, 2010
Growing Up, Not Grown Up
Looking around at other people's blogs, I see a lot of people talking about what it's like to be getting older. My whole life, I've had a brother six years older than me to look up to and measure as a standard for growing older. He's left home, gone to college, and gotten married (in September), but as I followed a similar path, I began to see my brother differently and understand that growing up doesn't have to mean becoming a grown up. Maybe I first noticed this when he came home from college for spring break and played with LEGOs in the basement, or maybe it was when he decided to have "Here Comes the Bride" played on kazoos at his wedding; either way, it helped having someone who wasn't quite a parent to point me in the direction of figuring that out. It helps to think of this when I'm trying to remember that life is more than just a tug of war between wishing to be older and wishing to be younger.
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"Here Comes the Bride" on kazoos!?! Hilarious. I wish I could have been there.
ReplyDeleteI really like your last sentence, and you're right. We shouldn't be resisting growing up, but it sure is a challenge, especially when this time of year rolls around and we just want to have someone tell us a story while we sit on the floor with a juice box and a cup full of animal crackers.
I really like this post...I, too, believe there is nothing wrong with not wanting to grow up. I still eat ice cream for breakfast 4 days out of the week. I think our biggest challenge is to find a happy medium between the two...as hard as that may be.
ReplyDeleteI can definitely relate to this post. I think that as we get older we try to conform into what society thinks we should be, but every once in awhile we have to let that inner child out!
ReplyDeleteGreat post- especially fitting for this month when we seem to focus so much on the scheduling, housing, etc for the months to come. Gets me thinking about the future, excited to go back to high school and be a young at heart teacher
ReplyDeleteAlex Rummelhart
I enjoyed reading your blog. My friends and I often have a child-like sense of humor, and we find some of the simplest things funny. Your blog actually reminded of this phrase I heard earlier this week- "We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public."
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