Big Girls DO Cry

From Fergie......

"The path that I'm walking, I must go alone.
I must take the baby steps 'til I'm full grown, full grown.
Fairy tales don't always have a happy ending, do they?
And I foresee the dark ahead if I stay.

I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you.
It's personal, myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do.
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I've got to get a move on with my life
It's time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry"

Oh, dear readers.........if only it were that easy. I wish I could tell myself not to cry, and that myself would listen.

Big girls DO cry.

Big girls still get their feelings hurt and their hearts broken.

Big girls still look at the past through rose-colored glasses and only see the good, never the bad.

Big girls still wonder "what if?" and never think "I'm lucky to have gotten out."

Big girls still drive themselves crazy all this time later by noticing significant dates on the calendar and remember how it used to be.

Big girls sometimes envy little girls, whose bruises and hurts could be easily remedied with a kiss and hug from Mom.

Big girls want to know when these feelings will finally stop.

Big girls DO cry.