Growing Up

I used to be one of those girls who didn't have many close friends and lived with her parents and went to school, Now I'm 21, I live in a shared accommodation house in Albury, on the lease and pay rent, and i have quite a few close friends, they all know who they are, Things are different to what they were five years ago, even more different from when i moved to Albury/Wodonga, but I can finally see myself getting somewhere with my life. Its only been little things turning into bigger things, like going from L's to P plates, from driving the family car to having my own car, from living with friends to being on a lease and paying properly set up rent. Things that have taken time to get to but have happened. In that sense we are learners, learning how to live.

Beginning of an Era (Independence)

I guess you could say I never had it all, and who's to say I wont. I grew up with my Mum, Dad and a brother and sister, we weren't poor but we weren't rich. We weren't spoilt children often but we were happy. The basics were covered: food, bed, a roof over my head. We had Christmas' and birthdays and Easter  and even the tooth fairy. I loved my childhood, it was everything a kid could dream of. being a teenager was hard, wanting the things every other girl had, but i had to get a job or earn it myself, and I'm glad i grew up that way, it makes me more grateful for the things I do have, like a loving family, a car good friends and other non-specific materialistic items . I'm glad i wasn't just given everything i wanted, it makes me wonder what i would be like if I had.