Forgive me this week’s column will be a little shorter than usual. We have an early deadline this week at paper. This means everything is sped up a little and everything is crammed a little more.
I was wondering what to write about this week. I offered up the question and Dad suggested I write about turning 21. To be fair it was a good suggestion but I feel a little hesitant about the topic.
One of my friends, on Saturday, asked me what is was like turning 21. She said, “It’s the end of childhood.”
My first thought was no, that isn’t the end of childhood. Later I found myself thinking more about it. After a little while, I found myself kind of agreeing with the premise. Maybe I have grown up a little. I remember in the past thinking I was becoming more of an adult, more of a contributor to society, so to speak. The only difference is I still felt like I had my entire childhood. I was still a kid.
In some sense I still feel the same, but not quite. I’m gonna try and relish that feeling while I still have it. After all, who wants to be an adult.
Thought for the day: Do you remember turning 21? Was it any different from any other birthday or did it feel the same? I’d say it was a good weekend and a good birthday.
P.S. I wanted to say thank you to all the hard workers we have here at the Star Eagle. We all work really hard and there are times I make mistakes and I apologize. It always feel bad when I make a mistake. Although I make less of them now than when I started this job, it still hurts the same every time I make a mistake.
With all that being said I would like to put in a special thanks to our reporters and columnists who all finished their work in advance for this special edition. It may not be convenient, but it is important. Thank you Melanie Piltingsrud, Kathy Paulsen, Chris Schlaak (specifically for always going above and beyond taking great photos)and all our staff here at the Star, or more accurately our family. And finally thank you to our readers for making my job worthwhile.