Tonight is the last night that I will be a child. To the world I will be considered an adult, but fortunately, to my family I will still be considered the same ol' Emily that I always have been. Thank goodness for that! I don't know how an eighteen-year-old kids handle "coming of age". How do they balance how the world perceives them while at the same time trying to focus on what they are becoming as an person?
There aren't enough words in the dictionary to explain how I feel about having to be an adult. Tomorrow, I will have breathed air for a eighteen years. Imagine that whole process! Air is taken in by your nostrils, travels down through your windpipe, and fills your chest with some invisible matter that keeps you alive. How sad it is that I forget how incredibly designed the Respiratory System is. It has kept me breathing my whole life.
Tonight, my last day as a kid, I thank my parents, siblings and friends for all the great memories that have been woven into what I can call, my childhood. True, there have been hard times, but those have been outweighed by all the fun we have had. I do not know where my path leads forward, in this year of 2015, but I feel confident in putting my trust in the Lord, that He will lead me toward amazing things, with many adventures along the way!
2 comments:
I was there the day you were born. :-) You have been a wonderful daughter and I pray every day for you.
Walk uprightly with the Lord as you enter this season of life. His ways are always best.
Love,
Mom
Thank you, Mom. It always is encouraging to have you praying for me. :)
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