A while back my littlest sister expressed fear about becoming an adult because she didn't know how to do it. She actually did not like to have birthdays because it meant she was getting older. Tell me what 15 year-old doesn't want to be 16!? Well, I told her that secretly (or not so secretly) no one knows how to be an adult, and we're all doing our own thing and figuring it out as we go. And though I would not qualify as being in the top 50% of adults, I can share what I do know. Or at least the things I am learning to know. Life is easier than it seems. I can share my simple "wisdom". I have thought about a lot of advice I could give. Now, as my sister is turning 20 and leaving her teenagehood, I thought I would share my thoughts that may assist adulthood. For my baby chick.
My sister was born when I was in high school, so being older I immediately was very protective and my innate motherly senses came out. I moved out for college when she was three years old, so we didn't live together long and could skip the "being annoyed at your little sister in your stuff" phase. It helped that she would be excited whenever her older siblings came home. I went through a period where I used the word "chicken" to refer to people for some reason - similiar to my periods of using "chunk" or "chunky monkey" or "cronk" or "peeps". So naturally when my sis was born she was my "baby chicken". I did graduate that to a more reasonable "baby chick". To this day I call her chick.
You might read all these stories and think, this girl is severely insecure and anxious and how does she even function? Well, I do ask myself that sometimes. But really, if you took all your most insecure moments and put them side by side we'd probably all seem a little nonfunctional. I tried to include positive thoughts and experiences as well. And whatever my psychiatrist has diagnosed me with is between me and them and my therapist and not the topic of this blog. :)
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