The trantition from spring to summer.

2/24/09 RODSHEEA DOMINIQUE THOMAS

Lizabeth and I are nothing alike. Liz tried to fight the unfightable. On the other hand myself just let it go with the flow. For one Lizabeth and are different in the way she fought and got mad because she was indeed becoming an adult. For me it happened at a younger age but I accepted it. Although we are not the same I do agree with her when she mentions when your innocence is taken it doesn’t mean that your virginity was taken away. Last there is one more thing that we share in common is that neither of us wants to grow up, and at one point are eyes were wide open.

Liazabeth was in the spring of her life trying to fight it off. Trying so hard to avoid transition into becoming an adult; but that’s the difference between me and Lizabeth I didn’t fight not turning into to an adult, making the transition, or had been forced it just happened. In the story it said that my innocence was taken away and it doesn’t mean that your virginity had to be taken. Agree. It is so true I myself never had sex but at sometimes maturity of adult hood is what ho I feel.

At age 8 my child as coming to a halt. All of a sudden hen ice cream truck comes by I wasnt as excited. Money comes my ay it just wasn’t enough for me any more. I didn’t care for going outside as much all I would say is that “I’ll call you, or see ya at school.” At the age of adult ad lances I would tease teenagers saying why all they do is talk on the phone, they don’t ant to go play outside? how come all they do is is just sleep and don't watch cartoons anymore. Telling myself that, that would never happen to me. Little did I know it as and it did. Have that ever happen to you as a child? Saying, “that will never happen to me I wont allow it!” Exactly hat happened to me things like that just can’t be controlled. But Lizabeth thought that she can’t stop the transitions but she can hold it off a little longer. Not true. The is going to happen whether e can control it or not.

Eyes wide open is hat took part in Liazbeth and Rodsheéa. At certain point it came to our attention that change is coming and you are just going to have to go with the flow. When 9/11 hit. That day is so clear in my mind. My dad came to the school and I was in 3rd grade. He didn’t even check me out. He didn’t stop at the office, nothing. When we got home he turned on the TV and told me look at the news. There were airplane, jets, war trucks, and every other thing that is related in was as a weapon. “Dad I don’t want to see this anymore.” Walk away is what I did just like what Lizabeth did when she just couldn’t stand that her innocence was fading. My brother and I were just playing and even though my mind was off of it. That war just hit me and proved to me even more that life isn’t fun. So why should I have it? From that moment knowing that my days as innocent not knowing or understanding what was happening in this crazy world was coming to an end. No I did not fight it because I was still in my spring time transitioning into my summer. Lizabeths time for her eyes being open to the world was when she saw the beautiful Marigolds in such an ugly environment. When she tore up the flowers not only did she realize that it hurt Ms. Lottie but it was more than looks. It was just apart of a person that didn’t have anything to do with Ms. Lottie trying to look better than everybody else. Just the fact that it was important to her I her life of winter.

Lizabeth and I are nothing alike. Liz tried to fight the unfightable. On the other hand myself just let it go with the flow. For one Lizabeth and are different in the way she fought and got mad because she was indeed becoming an adult. For me it happened at a younger age but I accepted it. Although we are not the same I do agree with her when she mentions when your innocence is taken it doesn’t mean that your virginity was taken away. Last there is one more thing that we share in common is that neither of us wants to grow up, and at one point are eyes were wide open. So even though Lizabeth and me took our growing up differently. It’s the fact that we got there and adjusted to it or is still trying. We got there and that doesn’t mean that we don’t can’t never go and visit our spring years. It is just the fact that cannot stay there. Were just like the sun it comes and goes but even when its there some times we don’t shine, or show but were there and different.

p.s i have to go with summer 'cause your treate asa adltbut dont neccairly haveto pay bills and all that. And plus summer is time ismy birth season. 7/8/93