#3: Parents

#3: Describe your relationship with you parents.

I love my parents to death- they are amazing parents.  I was just talking to my mom about how lucky my brother and I were for getting to go on so many adventures and trips growing up. Go-karts, dirt bikes, camping trips, hiking, boating, swimming, soccer.  I got to do so much as a kid.  There was a lot of love in our house, but it was never spoken.  Feelings were never discussed and emotions were never really expressed. When I left for college, I quickly realized how unhealthy it was and I had a really hard time navigating my way around my own life because I couldn’t deal with my stresses and joys and sadness and anger.

But I made it out alive. And also a little braver, a little more confident and with the ability to express myself.  Now, my parents are my support and my cheerleaders.  They might live far away, but they are still around me every day.  I am still my Dad’s little girl and I know it’s not easy for him to let me go.  I will grow up, get married and maybe have a few little tikes of my own, but I’ll always be his little girl.