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Let the Adulting Begin

Let the adulting begin, she says. It is hilarious! Now that she is eighteen, she thinks she has transmogrified. Into an adult. Her father and I scoff. We roll our eyes. We make fun of it. We know she is never going to become a real adult. We taught her better than that.

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Date: 4/6/2022 4:52:00 PM
Young at heart, my motto. I loved your poem, Caren. Hugs, Bill
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/6/2022 8:53:00 PM
I am with you!
Date: 4/6/2022 1:52:00 PM
WE SHOULD TARRY aS MUCH AS WE CAN TO BECOME ADULTS, BUT MOST OF US COULDN'T WAIT, i remember my first pair of high heels which my father had to approve they were about an inch and a half high - glad you and your son taught your grand daughter the way you did! Hugs ad blessings,n Jenifer.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/6/2022 8:54:00 PM
We never want to grow up at our house - a badge of honor.
Date: 4/6/2022 1:40:00 PM
AH, YES, the spirit of Peter Pan lives...."I won't grow up , I won't grow up". I see sites titled "I grew up on (fill in the neighborhood) and I reflect on the fact that most of us never grew up....we got bigger....and older.....but refused....to grow up.....
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/6/2022 8:54:00 PM
I have a hat that says just that!
Date: 4/6/2022 11:07:00 AM
ha! perfect ending, caren!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/6/2022 11:13:00 AM
Thank you Ilene
Date: 4/6/2022 10:25:00 AM
Superb! If only more parents had done that! So sad the things we lose in adulthood that were so common, so adorable in childhood.
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Date: 4/6/2022 7:54:00 AM
Absolutely right!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/6/2022 8:32:00 AM
Thank you
Date: 4/6/2022 7:31:00 AM
Caren, Very witty humor in this coming of age poem. Maybe someday babies will come with owner's manuals of their own. -Richard
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/6/2022 8:33:00 AM
I think they come with internal knowing manuals.
Date: 4/6/2022 7:13:00 AM
Indeed, to radiate childlike innocence forever
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/6/2022 8:33:00 AM
Best quality ever
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