When did we become adults?

Last week sometime I asked my Grandmother this question-"Can I be 12 again? I did not have diabetes, or bills, or car insurance-life was good." Unfortunately, she said-"No Em, sorry but you have grown up hun. My reaction was quite dramatic. "What!?! When did that happen?"

This is so true. Where has the time gone? It seems like yesterday, Keri and I were 8 and fighting over who had the cuter little bother or the fact that mine was going to be an angel (he isn't, but I still love him). I always remember her having her books to read when we argued so she could ignore me. Now we are nearly 23 and upon college graduation. There are so many options for all of our lives it is scary. Marriage, babies, buying a house, grad school, moving across country...I am not really sure when this all happened. When did we go from picking out our high school elective classes like tennis and pottery to making life plans like buying houses and getting married?

If you hadn't caught on, I am not sure I am ready to grow up. I know that growing up is a blessing and a part of life we all just have to deal with, but wouldn't it be nice to not have to worry about adult things? Maybe that is what vacation is for? One one hand, I am completely ready to move out of Orange Park/Middleburg and buy a house; but on the other hand, I am not ready to leave all the people that I grew up with. Sooner or later, we are all going to end up in different parts of the United States I am sure and we will have awesome road trips annually to see each other. That's the positive spin I am putting on this.

We can still enjoy the childlike things in life and take joy in the small things. Just because we are adults now does not mean we cannot order happy meals and get excited about the toy :) This is what I plan to do!