Growing up.

Growing up. 

The cliche'  "its seems like just yesterday"  is strong on my mind these days. My birthday has faithfully made its round again, and soon I will be the ripe old age of 26.  Each year my friends and I admire our age and discuss how the years have slipped by...  I assume that this will be the tradition until our very last days are upon us.

There are a million books written about growing up.. about maturing and evolving into our current self... I wont write a book here.. but I will touch on my own evolution. 

I was a typical kid growing up in a typical micro American town.  My parents did the best they could, and for the first part of my life we had a real home.. with a real family... and a real dog dog too. 

It didnt take long until the real statistics of America began to seep into our home.. soon, my parents divorced, and I began the journey..of ultimately who I have become today.  I could quite possibly write a best selling autobiography of my life, and all of the dark interesting details that have been folded into it. America loves controversy. America loves sad stories. America loves plastic pretentious smiles. That's why we love the news.. and heck, FACEBOOK! 

I don't look back on my life poorly, nor do I point the ugly finger of blame. I am who I am today because of my "colorful" past. Each and every person I met made a lasting impression on me. I am fortunate enough to have had the mindset of  "life is what you make it"  tucked deep within me.  I believe it sincerely, and I will preach it until the day I die.

(The Tiny Boy-Like one is me!)

8th grade graduation

You will glance at my photos from my teenage years, you may draw wild conclusions.. you might definitely say something like "holy cow!! thats was YOU!?"   





 

Hanging out with a friend and niece

um. yeah.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It didn't take long before I intuitively knew.. that the direction I was headed in was NOT where I had set my goals.  "What was I doing?"... Good question. Well. back when I was living it.. I would have told you all kinds of things that a rebellious teenager might tell you....

• "Im NOT doing it for attention!"

• "Im trying to be different"

• "I hate authority"

• "I scare people or visa versa"

• "I dislike regular trendy people"

HAHAHAHAHAH. Well. nowwwwwww... That I am all nice and growed' up!!.........

• Yeah.. maybe there was just a *wee bit of attention seeking factor in there :)

I'm sorry. This picture is pretty hilarious!










• Truth about being different is.. everyone is copying SOMEONE in the big scheme of things..there buddy ;-)

• You hate authority?? HEY JOIN THE MILITARY! (funny. real funny)

•  people Definitely weren't afraid of me.. im sure, now that  I think of it.. they thought i was a big LOSER.

• I was pretty immature. thank goodness I grew up!!

Some of you reading this will be older than me.. and you will be well versed in the process of continually growing up. Some of you will be younger.. and to those of you.. remember this:

Your life is what you make it.

 And the way you think and feel today... will be very different from the way you evolve tomorrow.

oh yeah. and quit making excuses.....-again....' YOUR life is what you MAKE of it!!

 

Evolved into Current Self