Come what may and LOVE IT!

Hey, so recently my life decided to happen all at once. But I am not about to complain about all of the things that have been hard. I'm going to tell you why they were all worth it :) My mom always tells me that I can do hard things. I didn't believe her until I actually accomplished something difficult, like grow up.

In the past week, I have become an adult (I turned 18) and my sister lost her sweet little daughter at 35 weeks along. I realized as we were trying to get everything taken care of that I wasn't exactly a kid anymore. Don't get me wrong, just because I am 18 doesn't mean I suddenly have the emotional maturity of any adult figure in my life, but I just grew up.  My priorities are different, my perspective on life has changed, and yet I still feel the same. I didn't grow up overnight, I have been growing up for a while I just wasn't aware of how much.

The first time I ever saw the movie, Peter Pan, I never wanted to be a grown up. I wanted to fly to Neverland and I even would stare at the stars and try to guess which star would take me there. Then something bad or sad or hard would happen; I would want Neverland even more. But something sad happened this week and for the first time, I didn't want to be a kid and fly away to Neverland. I wanted to power through it.

This does not mean that I am never going to have fun ever again. I am now living by a motto. "Come what may and love it!" I can have fun and be strong through the trials I have in my life. I will always remember what being a little kid felt like and I will always need my Mom and Dad. I am still the baby of my family. I will always love that people tell me I look just like my beautiful mother :)

So, to my friends who know how big of a dork I am, that will never change. To my family who looks at me and sees the little sister and the little girl, I will always need your support and guidance. To the people who are afraid to grow up, its not as bad as you think. I am enjoying myself much more than I thought I ever would :) Come what may and LOVE IT!