Where Has the Time Gone?

It seems like it was just yesterday that I was playing games with my brothers like Pokemon or Nintendo 64.  Now I'm the last kid in the house and I can only wonder, "where has the time gone?".  I always wanted to just grow up and become an adult so that I could do things on my own and do more, but now being 17 and in my last year of high school, I want to go back to being a kid. There are so many advantages of being a kid. When your a kid all your expected to do is live life with no stresses. With age the stresses increase and the expectations become much higher. As soon as you hit high school the stress' blow up and the pressures of being the best in sports, academics, and getting into the best possible college come upon you.  Between school and other activities the days fly by. It starts with the day flying by, then weeks, then before you know 17 years have flown by and now college is right around the corner.

Recently in English we had a free write on the toys of our childhood and the things that we did as kids. Brainstorming and reflecting on everything from the past, I remembered all the toys I had and mostly the the blanket I slept with every night. As I grew up, the free time I had to play with them lessened, and before I realized it I had grown completely apart from them. Seeing the movie Toy Story 3, made me realize how much i loved the toys and more importantly how much I missed my childhood. So maybe the time has gone so fast because of decisions I have made, and the things that are prioritized ahead of all the small things I loved as a kid.  As a concluding thought, even though we get older, it is truly our decision to stay or move past things from our childhood.