Everyone always says that when you turn 18 you are officially an adult, but I don't buy it. Looking back I see a major difference between my 18 year old self and my (almost) 20 year old self. I know being able to vote and sign your own papers without a parental signature is all big stuff. But is that what makes you an adult? Isn't the word "teen" at the end of 18 and 19?
That being said, as I am about turn 20, I have decided to look back at all the memories of my teenage years with a warm smile. Although these may have been hard times, they have been a long six year term of growth. Things change, you obtain more responsibility each year, you learn who loves you the most, dances, late night movies, walks, laying out with your friend, shopping, sleepovers, getting ready, school games, deciding where to go to college, graduating, going to college, dates, staying up WAY too late, dreaming of what is to come...
I know age is just a number, but age is a result of time, precious time. And even though I would dream about being 20 when I was young, now I want to take my time, and soak each moment up, because my time here is short compared to what is to come!
So, thank you Lord, for a sweet 20 years of life here on earth, and thank you for the time that I still have left!
hi beautiful woman! I love reading what you write olivia :) Soak it up girl! It does go fast! I also look forward to the years the Lord blesses me with here on earth, but more so the time after that! I am blessed by your beauty (inside and out)! :) much love!
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