tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post116198016261743830..comments2024-03-17T02:20:03.772-05:00Comments on Riding With The Top Down: Am I a grown up now? by SusieKathleen Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561028604927993773noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1162004554772019572006-10-27T22:02:00.000-05:002006-10-27T22:02:00.000-05:00Susie, a great topic! When do we feel grown up? ...Susie, a great topic! <BR/><BR/>When do we feel grown up? It's probably different for everyone. For me it was when my eldest son called to say he'd emptied out his bank account for a diamond and Kristine had said yes. Instead of being just my kid, he was going to be somebody's HUSBAND. I discovered a whole world of grown up experiences during the wedding planning and watching the "coupling" slowly occur. (Right, Lois?) <BR/><BR/>Of course, there were other grown up moments. . . like when my kid was gravely ill and I found I had to live my faith and to stand up and be there for him no matter what I felt like inside. A real grown-up experience. I know Suz can relate to that in a big way.<BR/><BR/>And planning graduation celebrations and watching kids walk across the stage while sitting alone in the audience. . . dropping them off at grad school. . . watching a son being sworn into the Minnesota State Bar. . . Selling a house by myself and buying a new one. . . then another new one. . . Attending the baptism of the first (and subsequent) grandchildren. . .<BR/>Being grown up really isn't all that bad.<BR/><BR/>I'm probably as grown up as I'm gonna get. And I still have days that I want to have a tantrum or eat only ice cream and cookies or crawl up on my daddy's lap or spend the afternoon watching an old movie with my mom. Those days, I usually just go take a bubble bath and paint my toenails afterward.<BR/><BR/>:) BetinaBetina Krahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11379124690406269848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1161991130960925152006-10-27T18:18:00.000-05:002006-10-27T18:18:00.000-05:00I'm going to slip into senility without ever havin...I'm going to slip into senility without ever having been an adult.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com