Except for The Almighty, I’m not afraid (maybe) of many things in the world. But theres one thing that will always give me the shudder everytime i think of it. Its the most natural thing that happens to every (wo)mankind and no one can escape from it. It ticks every milli second and will not stop untill the end of time.
I’m refering to growing. growing old. and i know many people who thinks the same way too. don’t you?
i remember i was seven and watching my sister taking her first steps, saying her first words(which i cant recall what it was. which reminds me of a time when my sister’s poop somehow got out of her diapers.. hehehe.. at least she didn’t swallow them thinking they’re chocolates.. huahahaha….). how cute she was with chubby cheeks and always staggering around with her hat on when she was outdoors or else her nose will bleed.
suddenly, she’s fifteen. gone mountain climbing on THREE mountains(when is my turn????), had her first boyfriend, played the guitar, going to Cambodia, found her bestfriends (although I’d say mine are waaaaaaaaaaay better. LOL), and evolved from cute to gorgeous. what happened to that little girl who would scamper looking for me whenever i yelled ‘ AZIEEEE CARI KAKAK!!’.
and yours truly is TURNING twenty-two. oh my gosh!! where did the numbers go? i was seven and then i’ll be twenty-two?? *slaps in the forehead* whats next?? i’ll be forty-five in a blink of eye?? noooooooo!! i cant imagine being forty-five. not even thirty!! and thirty is only eight years away. and if twenty years move with the speed of light, what is eight years?. but if (god willing) i’m forty-five, i’ll love to have at least two kids(one of each gender) or four would be good too if the finances and mental is more than stable. can you imagine four replicas of me?? sooooooooooooo cute!!! Ala tayang!!!!!!
why am i going there? what i’m trying actually trying to say is, i’m afraid to step into the future and find out what its going to be like. i wonder if i could tackle all upcoming problems and shoulder the responsibilities that will be cast upon me. just thinking of whats gonna happen at the end of this month, after i end my contract with my current employment already send chills down my spine. and trying to be a good sister or daughter, where responsibility can be considered minimal is already so hard to grasp. I didn’t really think of this before maybe because the reality of growing old and older havent struck yet or perhaps its because my parents made them look so easy!! LOL..
then, one fine day, sitting in the verandah flipping through picture albums of your school year, remembering the nostalgic moments being a teenager, a small voice shriek and point at a picture of you, “Is that you Granny? you’re sooo pretty!!” she beams and gives you the wettest kiss ever.
nyahaaa, lets not go there…
till then, Que Sera Sera…