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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 2 – Intermediate)
Topic: Adulthood (07/30/09)
I need to make an adult decision. Many people are counting on me.

For many years, I wondered what it would be like to be an ‘adult’. What did it feel like? What did it look like?

Especially in my twenties and early thirties, the question loomed big. I was counted as an adult, why didn’t I act or feel like one?

I kept making so many mistakes! Adolescent mistakes, by my husband’s reckoning.
When would I grow up and learn?

So many pitfalls and traps. So many obstacles and diverging paths. Which decision was the right one? If I chose this one, would I regret it? Would my husband say “You should have chosen the other”? Paralyzing, to say the least.

Today, I am faced with a new one. How do I decide?

I reach out to God. I cry out to Him who is the author of our being. Who knows all and is all. What to do?

How do I decide?

Make a list of pros and cons? Talk to someone? Meditate on all the factors and possible outcomes?

I sit back and relax and soak in His Presence.

Slowly, the answer comes. Quietly, He whispers in my heart. Trust Me, He says. I will guide you…..

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The decision has been made.

They are counting on me for an answer.

I walk into the room and look around, all eyes are on me. Standing in front of the group, I hold my shoulders straight. My head is high, chin out. I am confident and assured. This is the correct way. This is the path to take.

I field the questions with straight answers, reassure the timid, and shut down the silly.

Suddenly, I understand. This is adulthood. This is what it is like. Making a decision and taking responsibility for it.

Owning it.


Finally, I am an adult.
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Seema Bagai
08/06/09
Good writing here, but I felt something was missing. Perhaps some more specifics on the situation, or even a greater sense of the importance of the decision, would help the reader better relate to the struggle the main character felt.
Lisa Keck
08/06/09
Yes, great set-up but disappointing to not know the situation. Because I had to decide on life support for my brother that is where my thoughts went. Perhaps you thought that'd be too controversial but death is a natural part of life.
Melanie Kerr 
08/07/09
Your husband didn't seem to be very supportive.
Paul Potenza
08/09/09
I LIKE the fact that you did'nt reveal the situation. I was with Lisa on the "pulling the plug theory" but it really did'nt matter. You could have been addressing a press conference for all we know.

The important thing was that you DID it when so many others would have shirked the responsibility. That's what being an adult is all about.

This was a great piece of writing.

Paul
Norma-Anne Hough
08/13/09
Good writing here. Sometimes it is good to know the specifics but at other times like this perhaps we need to use our imaginations. Keep writing.
Lisa Johnson
08/13/09
I, too, wish that I knew the situation... I was waiting on the edge of my seat...
till a good reflection of taking an adult stand, and 'Owning" the decision. Congratulations on achieving highly commended status.
Lisa
Norma-Anne Hough
08/13/09
well done on your highly recommended.
Leah Nichols 
08/13/09
I like your question and answer format....reads very much like inner thoughts. Nicely done! And congrats, my friend, for your Highly Commended award! :)
Linda Boulanger
08/21/09
I LOVED this story and the fact that you did not reveal all. These same thoughts could have been playing in my mind in any number of situations. It made it more personal. You addressed thoughts that I (and probably many of us) have experienced. Well done and congratulations on your Highly Commended.