fifteen

fifteen to me is making each day the best day. it's learning what's really important and what's not. it's going garage-saling with my family on a saturday morning. it's walks to the park with rainey after i've finished my homework, and wearing a school uniform for the first time. fifteen to me is learning how to drive, slowly and painfully. it's the year of reading jane eyre and loving it, the year of doing school newspaper and book club. it's acting class and drawing class and finally understanding math (kinda). fifteen to me is going to new york- the city of my dreams. it's going to the top of the rock and walking all day around central park. it's seeing my first broadway show and visiting the college of my dreams. it's crossing the iowa border for the first time and finding the best ice cream shop. fifteen to me is dancing with my cousins to the backstreet boys and camping in "australia". it's dancing to footloose with squash at her homecoming. it's finally finishing a 1000 piece puzzle with my sister. fifteen to me is realizing that boys are often deceiving and the one for me has definitely not come along yet. it's biking and running and doing cannonballs into the lake. fifteen to me is laughing till i cry with my sister and having long talks with my mom. it's spending time with my grandma, and being grateful for her light in my life. fifteen to me is having the hardest finals of my life and spending 8 hour days babysitting playing in sprinklers and doing arts and crafts. it's watching the bachelorette and being devastated after colton left. it's going to seattle and finding treasures at the pike place market. it's getting coffee from the first starbucks and getting my passport stamped for the first time in canada. fifteen to me is learning to not be so hard on myself; it's been realizing that friends let you down and you just have to move past it. it's the year of learning how to spend time alone and love it. fifteen to me is college visits and trying to figure out what i want to do with my life. it's going to church on sundays and continuing to pray everyday. it's taking fashion risks and finding my style. fifteen to me is seeing la la land live at the mn orchestra and buying tickets for taylor swift.

 fifteen to me is the grandest adventure. it's the most fun. i'm so grateful.