growing up

Sometimes I feel like I'm not old enough to be moving away and doing adult things because it seems like just yesterday that my line of sight didn't extend much farther than the world of high school.  However, there are moments when I realize that I am growing up and it begins to feel real.  Yesterday my mom and I took my sister and her friend to Darien Lake (an amusement park near my house). My sister and her friend spent the whole day riding as many rides as they could while my mom and I laid by the wave pool all day.  At one point I looked at my mom and said "these are the times I realize that I am growing up because I'm content to lay by a wave pool all day without any desire to go on a ride".  I wasn't really there for me anymore, I was there to make sure that Clare and her friend had a good time.  I still like amusement parks, but I'm content to enjoy the sun and the company of a loved one rather than wait in long lines for food and rides.  

I also talked to a very good friend yesterday and that was another realization of growing up.  We're both going to be embarking on new adventures and be apart from one another.  It's weird to think that a year ago we were walking around Geneseo wondering what was ahead of us, but knowing that the comfortable schedule of Geneseo was certain, and now with each day God's plan becomes more clear and it doesn't include that once comfortable schedule.  It's a natural thing...to move away from people and it's really exciting to see what God is doing in other people's lives! Elisabeth Foley once said "the most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart".  How true!