And the road winds on...

It has been two years now since I graduated from college. It surprises me to think about it... In some ways, it seems like my life is just swirling around me, and that every once in awhile I am given a window to look through, to note how much time has passed. Other times, I feel like 2 years has taken a decade to pass. But really, what surprises me most, I think, is that I am now actually an "adult"; I have grown up. That thought surprises me so much because I really still feel like a kid in most ways. I don't have any sense of aging, getting wiser, or gaining any kind of perspective on life and its mysteries. All of the things that I have always associated with knowing that I have passed through childhood and come out on the other side have proven to not exist. For me at least. I can't help but wonder if other people feel this way. If not, then when do you stop feeling like a kid? Do my parents feel like adults? My friends? Is it getting married? Having children? Maybe, if we are lucky, we never really realize that we are grown, we just keep on stockpiling our experiences for that day when we can build them all into a structure that represents all the wisdom and maturity-whatever materials are needed to renovate a child into their adult form. Still processing this one...