growing up . . . boo.

August 03 2006

so i was driving home this afternoon and i remembered fireflies hovering over cotton fields at twilight as our car raced past, late night runs to walmart for kwanzaa supplies, and landing on a horse a little too hard.


i remembered singing along to the radio, almost dying on a sharp curve down betty ford road, and getting hopelessly lost (repeatedly).


and i decided that i don't want to grow up.


every road in murfreesboro means something to me . . . i can hardly drive anywhere without having to smile at a memory.


and i'm about to leave for a town where i can't say that. where nobody knows me. where roads are just slabs of asphalt.


i'm going to a place where i can be anyone i want to be.


and, well . . .


i'm just a little scared.

Rebekah Minor

August 03 2006
remember when we couldnt find bruce's house, so we followed the buzzards instead?

Amy

August 03 2006
Aww... it'll be ok, Brian. Take it from someone who has made a big move before! One day the streets in Memphis will take meaning for you! And you'll have new chances and opprotunities... but don't forget what you have here! ;)

Cara Hawkins

August 03 2006
You'll make new memories in Memphis like "I remember when I was almost mugged on that street, and on that one I was almost stabbed"

Beth Farrar

August 03 2006
well hey, now u will have two cities that make u stop and think hey remeber when that happened?

Nicole

August 03 2006
I think we all feel that way at some point Brian... I know I do. But like everyone is saying you'll make new Memphis memories to go with the Murfreesboro memories.

Mady

August 03 2006
maybe we should all just stop growing up. freeze time for a while. go to never never land. sounds like a plan to me. maybe we should all just go backwards a few years. and freeze time there. it would make life much simpler. but i almost wish i could go some place where nobody knows me right now. start over. end up some place that isn't where i'm going. i'm not sure i like where i'm going. ahhh. i wish i could be not emo. sorry. let's do something fun before you leave. please?

Leah!

August 03 2006
i know what you mean..but with me its not that im leaving its that everyone is leaving me.....i love you the brian and promise you will keep in touch!

Anna Miller

August 03 2006
Lol, I bet I know what curve that was too.

Jessica Goss

August 04 2006
I can't drive through the mall parking lot without thinking of "My name's Mizz Trina and I'm off tha chaaaaaaaaaaaain!"

kelsey shearron

August 04 2006
its funny how we all say..."i cant wait to leave murfeesboro and start life!" ...but when we have to it scares us.. ..youll make memories there, and youll love it. its just a crazy thing to leave the place where youve grown up- the place where youve made yourself comfortable. i think itll be good for you to step outside murfreesboro. growing up isnt so bad...im sure everything you are working towards is worth it..youll never know what you might miss if you dont grow up. -kels

trumpetjaz

August 04 2006
this is where i want to write something encouraging....the problem being i am almost 25 yrs old and still have some issues in the 'growing up' department. the fact of the matter is, you'll grow up when YOU are good and ready to, and not a day before. don't worry about what other people think, or what you even think..just continue to let God lead you, and eventually you'll be a "grown up"

Beautiful_Wreck

August 04 2006
scary. you will get the hang of the town. and everythign will be okay. Its something that has to happen. you can't stay under and protected by your parents wing forever. We all love you and know you will do fine:-)

Michael Border-Line Pronounceable

August 04 2006
Good thing you won't ever really be 'by yourself', mon ami.

Aaron Massey

August 04 2006
i think we all are a little bud.

Jessica Goss

August 05 2006
"I'm the baddest chick that you ever had seen!"

Sara Shaban

August 06 2006
someone else knows what i think.