The End of Our Childhood Looms Ahead

Senior year of High School starts in a week. Awesome, right? In many cases yes; oldest kids in the school, skip days, prom, being looked up to. The things we expect out of senior year can go on and on. But here's what they didn't tell you about. After this, we're on our own. We'll split off, putting an end to most of our routines of hanging out with the people you've known for years, not to mention the easy comfort of your home. In 9 months we get to say we've graduated. And yet, in 9 months we get thrust out into the real world, the "work all day or else I can't afford food for myself" real world. Yes, many will go to college and many think that things will be the same. But they definitely won't. Tuition, housing, food, clothes. All of that is going to pile onto your mind and grind at you like a blacksmith grinds his blade. Before we know it, we'll need to break the habits of being a kid and start forging new ones. My point is, senior year is a big step in our lives, but we've got a lot of life to live after, and it's going to come fast.