“Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.”

Have you ever wondered how you got to the place in your life where you are somewhat grown up? And when did it even happen. It seems like yesterday summers lasted for what seemed like forever, and chasing the ice cream man down the street was the biggest worry of the afternoon. Then one day I am working 8-5 in an office and wondering what I am going to do with the rest of my life. My funny stories go from falling out of a tree to a lady in the office jamming the shredder. My life has somehow become beyond boring. And to make matters even better friends of mine are getting married and moving on to new and exciting things in their lives. Too bad I can't just worry about having the biggest water gun in the neighborhood and have popsicle eating contests after riding bikes to the park. Instead of having conversations that involve splatterball, capture the flag, and who won the monopoly game, my conversations involve politics, voting, money, bills, careers, degrees, stock market trades, and of course who won the baseball game the night before. I guess life keeps going and you just keep growing up whether you want to or not. 

"I've decided that with friends like ya'll I don't have to worry about ever growing up."