(Before I start today's post, I'd like to let y'all know that I'm writing this in advance. Right now, my mother, Ali, and I are traveling. We'll be moving Ali into her dorm room at her school and then moving me into my dorm. This is a big and emotional step in both of our lives. It's going to be so hard to leave our family and each other. Please pray for this process and for traveling safety. Thanks, guys.)
There are so many ways I'm still young at heart. In fact, sometimes I feel like there's no way I should be eighteen and moving out of my house right now. I'm too little!
One way I've kept my youth is by somehow making friends with childlike people. I don't mean this in an insulting way whatsoever. None of my best girl friends have ever kissed a guy (and most of my guy friends have never kissed a girl!). We all love Winnie the Pooh, Veggie Tales, and Disney animated movies. We listen to Disney princess songs like normal music. We have very innocent fun, like playing in the park or playing board games in my living room. I love how innocent and childlike my friends are.
While I don't think it's good to be so sheltered that you have no idea about the real world, I do think it's fantastic to be "like a child." That is how many of my friends are. That's also what I strive daily to become.
Here are ten ways I've been "young" with my friends this year:
1.) We always manage to throw interesting birthday parties. For my friend Zeek's, we threw a big party at a Japanese fast food restaurant (yummy!). We all wore little birthday hats (he had to wear his big one all day) and took group hug and "Zeek huge smile" shots. It was so much fun.
2.) We don't mind embarrassing ourselves sometimes for the sake of fun. For Rebekah's birthday last year, we dressed up in tie-dye party hats and bandanas over our faces. We sneaked into Old Navy where she was shopping, got a LOT of funny looks, and kidnapped her from behind. After kidnapping Rebekah, we went to my house, literally had a dance party in the rain, took silly pictures in our party hats, and played "Clue" in the living room with about twelve people. :)
3.) I prank people quite often. Occasionally Lukie (my little brother) and I will lock Ali out of the house.
Or Rebekah, Lukie, and I will duct tape her to a column in my house.
4.) I get excited over the smallest of things, like finding a giant baby carrot in our vegetable tray. At this particular moment, I was so excited that I made my entire family stop dinner, find the camera, and take a picture of me holding the carrot next to a normal-sized baby carrot. This was all very delightful to my younger siblings.
5.) I dress my dogs up in cute outfits and pose them for pictures. You've seen a lot of pictures of Jack in his sweaters and A&M jerseys, but here's a picture of my dog Boo in a fluffy winter coat. Doesn't she look like she loves it?
6.) I play pattycake with Rebekah.
7.) I love to have picnics with my friends. We even use a picnic basket! We'll bring handmade sandwiches or kids' Lunchables. I've never grown out of Lunchables. One of my friends from work said he always thinks of me when he sees a Lunchable at the store because that's what I would bring every day for lunch!
8.) My friends and I will literally play for hours on a playground meant for little kids. We swing, play "Lava Monster", tag, and we'll even ride the little horse see-saws. One of the best park games is this tilting thing that kind of sways back and forth. It doesn't go very fast, but when we're in the moment, you'd think we were on a roller coaster.
9.) Sometimes my friends and I dress up. I try hard to look like a gangster, but I always end up looking like a little kid. I am terrible at being tough! However, when we went to a deli, my friend Zeek scared everyone inside. He can totally pull off gangsta, even though he's the opposite! You can see how he ACTUALLY dresses in the picture above.
10.) And finally, we love to play with makeup, even if we look CRAZY after we're finished. I remember caking on a ton of makeup when I was a little girl and running up to my mom. She started laughing and said I looked like a clown. I was devastated, thinking I looked like a princess, when I probably DID look like a clown with bright red lipstick, blue eyeshadow, and red spots on each cheek. I remember looking at my reflection in the mirror, thinking, "I don't see how I look so funny!"
So those are ten ways I'm youthful. I hope I stay youthful forever! It's so fun to be young.
How are you like a child?
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