Tag: Childhood

Growing Young

May 10, 2016

5/6/16  The Hard Truth… Life is messy. Growing up is painful. As I face the end of my twenties, I find myself grappling with this in more sharp relief than ever. I cannot quite recall the actual day I woke up and realized that real life is not the way it works in movies. It … More Growing Young

The Meaning of Childhood

August 6, 2015

August, 2012 Has anyone ever told you that you were behaving like a child? Usually they don’t mean it as a good thing, or a compliment. It’s usually an accusation: you’re being immature, not acting your age, not being responsible, etc. I’ve been wondering recently, however, whether such accusers aren’t wrong: whether, perhaps, all of … More The Meaning of Childhood