I don't wanna grow up!

This is me a little over a year ago. I had long hair, it was brown, I weighed more than I do know, and I didn't want any kind of change to happen. Ever.

My senior year. Was I ready to get out of high school? Duh. Did I really want any kind of change to take place. Heck no! I was happy in my little bubble of a world with all my friends. I just didn't want to be in high school anymore. The girl in this picture feared change in every sense of the word. She didn't like the tiniest little thing to change. It was unfamiliar then. This is very different from the picture of me now. She jumped straight into college, with a room mate she didn't know anything about and was prepared to face the worst. Fortunately, this was not my experience.

I had developed from my high school bubble to say the least. And I want to make sure my students know that change isn't always bad, and some change is good. I want my students to know that it's ok to be afraid, but it's not ok to let those fears take control and prevent them from being fantastic. I want my students to learn that it's ok to not have all the answers. Those were all things that held me back, and I'm a better person now for breaking free from all those things and embracing the changes as they happened.

I still may not act like an adult sometimes, but I promise that I'm much more mature that I was. Growing up doesn't mean you have to become boring. That's something else I've learned.