Walking in London I approached a playground. There were 4 little girls all standing in a row. They were singing Adele to no music with a pre rehearsed dance all in sequence. I sat by the gate and watched until they noticed me watching got shy and ran away. They all had long hair and sang a perfect rendition of Adele note for note word for word. They were kids lost in their perfect world of childish nature and a naiveness that I wish I never outgrew.
When did growing up become complicated? When did I loss my nature of carelessness, I outgrew my kid-like clothes and traded it in for a somewhat complex disposition. I became an adult when I would rather still be my child within. Age and time took its journey upon me and upon you. With it came money and responsibility to be an "adult" but why is that I still want to have the freedom of a child. Although I would never want to be 21 again, I still don't really care for my now present cumulative age either. Does age even matter to begin with, when does one loss "it"?
We were never given a manual for adulthood and never needed one in our youth. Who would of thought that heartache, failure and fault would be the exchange for rubber duckies, lollipops and sandcastles. I still want to change outfits 5 times and be a princess if I want to even if now its considered juvenile.
If we have to grow up is it possible to keep our inner lightheartedness. Can I challenge you to swing in a playground, order a root beer float in order to take life lighter. May you scrap your knee and have someone kiss it, may you eat cotton candy without the guilt and run around naked (just stay 500 feet away from a school).
Lets keep the inner child, don't kill it off just yet its there to help you make light of this life...
There is no purer love then the love that comes from a child. To the children in my life, you always remind me of how great and easy life can be. There is nothing I wouldn't do for you. I didn't know love until you three (soon four) came into this world.
Your auntie.
If we have to grow up is it possible to keep our inner lightheartedness. Can I challenge you to swing in a playground, order a root beer float in order to take life lighter. May you scrap your knee and have someone kiss it, may you eat cotton candy without the guilt and run around naked (just stay 500 feet away from a school).
Lets keep the inner child, don't kill it off just yet its there to help you make light of this life...
There is no purer love then the love that comes from a child. To the children in my life, you always remind me of how great and easy life can be. There is nothing I wouldn't do for you. I didn't know love until you three (soon four) came into this world.
Your auntie.
