Growing Up

I was savoring my last few minutes of being a kid, when suddenly it was midnight. It's now my birthday, and I'm officially eighteen. It's exciting and scary all at the same time. You have your whole life ahead of you, yet at the same time you can't help but looking back and remembering life. I honestly can't believe its been eighteen years, it doesn't even seem that long. Funny how fast life goes by. I am so blessed. So blessed to have such an amazing family, incredible friends, a job that I love, and I'm able to go to college. All too often we think that we have forever to live, but we don't. As I begin this new chapter in my life, my prayer is that I will live each day to the fullest. Not to get as much fun out of everyday as possible, but to live each and every day to the glory of my Lord and Savior. I would be nothing without Him. I've learned a lot in my life, but there's still so much I don't know. I can't help but think of the Taylor Swift song Never Grow Up (listening to it right now actually). When I was little I couldn't wait to grow up, but now that I'm older I can't help but think to myself, "Wait, I don't want to grow up yet. I want to be a kid again. I'm not ready." But that's the thing, though we don't think we're ready, it's really something we learn as we go. We just have to tackle it day by day. I'm really looking forward to these next years, and seeing what all God has planned for my life (: