The
Question of the Month is a bloghop that was started by Michael G
D'Agostino and it occurs the first Monday of each month. Here is the question
for January:
What was your
“growing up” moment?
For me, “growing up” was more of a
series of moments rather than one particular time. It’s those moments when I
reach a milestone and realize things may never be the same again. Driving alone
for the first time, my first job at Subway, the first time I made a purchase
over $100 with my own income, giving a speech at high school graduation, going
to college and living in the dorms, going to Bible studies and church on my
own, my first apartment and paying utility bills, graduating college and
getting my teaching certificate, and those are just the moments that occurred around
10 or more years ago.
Then there are the moments like
seeing teenagers at the mall and calling them “kids”, coming across multiple
phrases that younger people use that I don’t recognize, realizing (as I’m
writing this) that this year will be my 10-year college reunion, but I veer off
course because these are moments that make me feel old, not grown up.
Honestly, I feel as though I still
have a lot of “growing up” to do. There are many things I have not yet
experienced, like getting married, having a baby, and buying a house, but I no
longer believe those things make us adults. I know wives, parents, and
homeowners who still feel as though they have no idea what they are doing. I
think God uses all of our experiences in life to teach us and we never stop
learning. Since learning is a part of growing and maturing, I feel as though
there will always be room for more of these “growing up” moments.
Do you have a "growing up" moment? Do you ever have those moments of feeling "old"?
