Oh Well

So, yesterday was a rather interesting day for me. I was at a birthday party for my niece who just turned 19 years old. Maybe I am getting old but I really don't remember being so young at 19 years old. Of course I am talking mentally. It is a real difference having little children who have not even reached 9 years old to a grown child of 19. I find I spend a lot of time policing the activity between the older teen and my younger kids. I have left my title of "Aunt" behind for the new title of "Referree".

Regardless, I have realized that no matter how much further we get along in life, our family is still there to make us feel as though we haven't grown at all. Does anyone else feel like a complete child around their mom's and dad's? It feels to me that the minute I go home to visit my family, I regress into a little kid again. I wonder if I will feel the same way for my children when they are grown. I think I have heard people say that our children will always remain babies in our own eyes. I think I am starting to understand that statement now. My niece that is 19 years old is treated like a little girl by her dad. No wonder she hasn't grown up yet. It is completely understandable when the childhood comfort coccoon is kept around a little too long.

Anyway, this is what has been batting around in my brain for the moment. I really didn't want to think any further about the OctoMom, Chris Brown and Rhianna, etc. I am really quite tired of the trivial data that the public thinks is the news. I am interested in the economy turning around and how to make that happen. I guess I am a bit burnt out on REALITY NEWS so therefore I just tuned everything out for a moment and realized that my family wasn't necessarily a good exchange either.