Baby, Baby!

                Being a kid was awesome. The thing I miss most about it is how close everyone was. There was usually never one person who didn’t say, “Oh! You’re Marty and Celeste’s daughter!” And, that felt great.

                All of my friends lived down the block from me. My best friend lived a bike ride away. There were nights were my street was filled with roaming kids playing cops in robbers in the dark. Everyone’s backyard was fair territory.

                The one thing I wish I could’ve changed about my childhood is how many times I moved. It was hard to settle down; I was never in one house for more than two years. I switched schools a lot. So it was hard to keep in touch with friends, especially when you can’t drive.

                I guess in a way that it’s okay, though. I feel that the older I get and the more bitter I become about missing a good portion of my childhood, I also become a lot more appreciative of what I did have and what I can have and do. I still have the rest of my life ahead of me.

                The best thing about being an adult now is that I can take my life into my own hands and go where I want to go. I’m never leaving Chicago! I will never move as much as I did when I was younger, and I’ll never do that to my kids!

                It’s also an amazing feeling when you think about the future. Sometimes I can’t even handle it. I get so excited, like a little kid in a candy shop with an unlimited amount of money, and I have to pee. I don’t know why I’ve reference urination twice today. My bad.

                I guess my childhood is a touchy subject with me. But what I can absolutely, positively say for sure is that, I’ve learned from other’s mistakes. And, I won’t be making them anytime soon.