I read somewhere recently that changes are rarely gradual. Often, you are not one thing in one moment, and then all of a sudden you are that thing in the next. Becoming a parent can be viewed this way. Yes, there are many months of pregnancy that you have to help prepare you for when a baby arrives, but realistically one moment there isn't a baby, the next there is. Bam. You're a parent (PS I am NOT pregnant; this is merely for illustrative purposes). And becoming an adult seems like it happens in a moment as well. One day you're living at home with your parents, the next you're not. Literally overnight you have your own place, your own bills, your own life to manage and for which to be responsible. Gradual change does not seem to be an option. For that reason, one of my favorite quotes is the title of this blog. It comes from Grey's Anatomy and was delivered by Ellen Pompeo playing Meredith Grey. It's fitting. There are days when I look around me and at my world and wonder, "How did I get here? How did this happen?" Yes, I can (and often do) reflect on the path I took to get me where I am, but really it appears to me that there was a day when I was a kid, and the next I was a married twenty-something with a mortgage and a college degree and a job. Blink and you miss it change is more accurate.
What do you think?
2 comments:
I don't think there's any way to make it stop.
I have wrinkles and gray hair and muscle aches from time to time. Oh yes, and a mortgage and a lot of student loans. I guess we accept it, and start treasuring the moments we have :)
I hate being an adult and dealing with adult things. Some things some adults never have to deal with. Lucky them.
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