life begins.

my neice is 12. ugh. do i need to say anything more? 12!! what was i doing at the age of 12? do i want to go back and remember that?

well i was in the 7th grade i think. so i was in middle school, playing volleyball after school, playing basketball after school (for some reason... ha i am awful at basketball) hanging out with friends. loving life. boys.

does she have a 'boyfriend?' i wonder... she says no, but did i admit that i had a 'boyfriend?'

hormones. oh hormones.

friends. i had a new group of friends. some old ones from elementary, some new friends that i met from other elementary schools. life seemed to be beginning.

i feel old. my once little neice is 12. i stopped keeping track of her age at i think 7 maybe 8. i don't want her to grow up. i do, but i don't. i do. i want to know what she's going to be like when she's in high school. i want to know what she's going to do after high schoool, what will her career be? I can't even imagine what my sister is thinking. ha. better her than me though.
next year i will be the aunt of two teenagers. ohhh goodness. i don't have kids so i don't even know the emotions or thoughts of a parent. i just know that when you're a teenager 'your life begins'