7-Time and Change

"The new me. . . . "

          Time is an unstoppable thing. Along with it, change is a force to be reckoned with. One cannot stop time and change in happening in one's life. It will always be there You won't be able to hide nor run from it. I tried to run from it actually. I didn't want to change. I wanted to stay the way I was when I was a carefree child. But, even I couldn't outrun it.

Me, Jira, Grace (about 5 yrs. old)

          Being a kid is the most amazing thing that a human goes trough as he lives. A kid is carefree, nothing seems to put a worry cloth around their pure little hearts. Kids tend to just live in the moment. They can be fighting the first five minutes and be best of friends the next. They don't even care about grade much since their parents don't care yet also. as long as you pass it was great. I was no exception. I was like any kid with these attributes. And I miss it dearly.

Me, Grace (I'm about 12)

          Experience and growth caught up to me. Experience taught me that life wasn't just fun and games. My parents started caring about my grades, my friends started caring about boys and school. I found myself alone in my kid world. I didn't like it but I had to grow up with them all. I learned to care for my grades. I learned to notice boys. I learned to have worries. Will I pass my exams? Will my crush like me? Will I still have friends tomorrow? What game should we play? What will happen tomorrow?

Me now, and Meliza Joy Vida

          Now, I'm this responsible big sister who worries about her sisters back home. I'm an eldest daughter who wants to make my parents proud. I'm a girl that worries about her friends during high school and friends right now in college. I'm a girl that thinks boys are going to slow me down in accomplishing my goals. I'm a girl whose goals are to graduate and be able to sustain her family. In the end, I couldn't stay a kid forever. Time and change caught me.

          But I didn't say that I grew up totally. I still have that reckless kid hidden somewhere inside me. Bet all of you has it hidden too. No one can completely let their childhood go.