10/11/18

As I was getting ready for worship team practice on this brisk fall evening, I sprayed on my Twisted Peppermint perfume from Bath and Bodyworks. The Christmas scent smell filled my room and reminded me of so many memories. Back to when I couldn’t wait to be an upperclassman that everyone looks up to. I would be able to drive and to be “my own person.” I cherished every moment of my childhood, because I knew that I had I had my whole life to be an adult, but only so long to be a kid. 

As I’ve just turned 18, I’ve been looking back on the years I’ve lived, everything I’ve accomplished, experienced, seen, and will do in the future. I’ve been blessed with the guidance of so many amazing people that taught me to live life to the fullest, because you never know when your last day is. 

It’s on days like today when it’s in the 50s, you have candles lit, and you’re snuggled up in blankets getting work done, that make me feel God’s presence and peace in my life. Like I’m exactly where I’m suppose to be. No matter what’s going on in my life, I feel like I’m perfectly fine.

To the young people reading this post, who may not realize it yet, but please know that time does fly by. You’ll be an adult soon enough, so please enjoy your childhood hood now. I’m only 18, but I miss the days of just giggling with your friends, sitting around doing nothing, and just enjoying each other. I’ve learned that as you grow up you can’t live in your childhood forever, things will not be the same forever. I try to relive my childhood, and do the same things I used to, but I am not able, it’s just not the same.

To the adults reading this post, please keep encouraging and informing our younger generations of what’s to come. If it weren’t for you telling me that life was going to go by so quickly, I might have taken it all for granted. I’m so thankful that I realize it has a young age that life doesn’t continue forever. Prepare your kids now because before you know it, they’ll be going off to college.