Reflections: Growing up 88 Articles

by Sean Ridenour

The teenage years are cruel and unusual...and that's at best. For the most part, the years in adolescence are gripped with emotional anxiety, social awkwardness, hormones and identity crisis. Sure, a few lucky teens go abo...read more

by Sam Larson

I became an adult rather quickly, or at least it felt like it. What was in all reality a slow process of maturation, both personal and physical, was condensed into one single moment when a friend asked me "When did you ...read more

by Susan Oswald

What does it mean to be grown up? I honestly don't think it ever really happens. I know I'm older and hopefully wiser but my heart still remembers that vulnerable little girl. I still love ice cream, puppies, and cry when ...read more

by Lynda Mcclellan

What Do You Want to Be I was the kid who never could answer the dreaded question: "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Now that I'm older and I know there are millions of other jobs besides doctor, lawyer, teache...read more

by Belle Starr-Travel Channel Steward

Growing up in the fifties was a magical time. We were all so naive and unaware of all the dangers around us. Yes we did know about the cold war, as children we didn't call it that but we did know that we had drills at scho...read more

by Joram Lee

Growing Up I was very young but I remember everything that happened. Some kids get used to the arguments while others just seem to turn the noise off. I never could. I used to sit in silence on the very top stair and ...read more

by Christine G.

AM I GROWN UP YET? What does it mean to become less childish without losing my ability to be child-like? 1. I know my limits and challenge them periodically without wagering my health, grocery money, or self-esteem...read more

by Melody Owens

When did I grow up? Just when did this happen. Maybe I grew up the day I graduated high school or maybe it was the day I got married. I know...it was the day I became a mom. I really can't pinpoint the time or place th...read more

by Lee Jones Jnr

The Best Day Of My Life I remember it vividly. I walked through the door to find my father deep in thought. He looked different, .Older. Weaker. I suppose in my mind he was still superman. When I looked at him, I didn't...read more

by Ahov Montparnasse

I remember, as a child, I used to sit in front of the TV. Tupperware placed bottoms up around me, Pink Floyd or whatever my dad was playing that night right in front of me. And I would be the drummer. I remember, as a ...read more

by Jenny Miller

"Words Aren't Always Enough" Seasons have never waited for me. As summer skies fade into the crackling auburn autumn, I run to keep up with the starlight. The perfumed scent of my English-girl bedroom, cream walls, ...read more

by TBAcademics

Growing up is about butterfly kisses and bear hugs. Befriending Barbie dolls, visiting CandyLand, and adopting Willa Wonka became very worthy endeavors. Then, it rained, and in those thunderous days of adolescence, we chan...read more

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by Melissa Brown

MILK CANS AND LIMOUSINES In Fort Worth, Texas Our family had a funeral service business in Fort Worth, Texas, and though it was certainly odd to some people, our Grandmother drove a funeral home limousine for a family ...read more

by Court Moss

Growing up is one of the hardest things a person can do in their life. The challenges of finding out who you are present themselves at a quickening pace. But, you should not love yourself on the way. I think most kids thes...read more

by Stacey Cavanagh

I'm twenty one, so much more grown up than I was ten, five or even three years ago. At sixteen I thought I was there, adulthood. I thought I was smart, knowledgeable, mature and pretty much as worldly wise as I could be. I...read more

by M. Velasco

When I was a little girl, I thought I had everything planned. I knew I was going to be a teacher, marry a wonderful man, and become the best mom in the world. Some twenty odd years later I find myself still being that litt...read more

by Hock Seng Tan

The mix feeling is back, and I don't like it a bit. The mixture feeling of upset, down, insecure, anger, lack of confidence is something that really trouble me, especially when all the feeling come to me at the same time. ...read more

by Esther Avinoam

I left home at the age of seventeen. My parents shipped me from France off to the Big Apple to translate my "brilliant" brain power into a promising career. I have always been an obedient girl, a good student, a good ...read more

by George Bihn Iv

Children in the Park Two women rest on a wooden bench at the edge of the playground. Their conversation, indicated only by gestures and thin wisps of steam emerging from beneath their warm s...read more

by Patricia Thrift

I want to be a Rodeo Queen, I pronounced to my mother probably somewhere around 5 years old. In her normal mom fashion she told me okay honey whatever you want to do. I wish That the rest of "growing up" was that easy. In ...read more