True enough, all children do grow up, except for Peter. Peter is the embodiment of all childhood dreams really, he fly's in and out of our memories, making us smile or laugh at the craziest moments, making us wish we could relive favorite memories; not truly wanting to grow up.
When I think of memories I would like to hold onto, they're mostly in my teen years, such as last year, and the year before, when I really started to find out who I was as a person and who I would soon become, as I am now. I remember thinking, 'I wish I could just stop time when I get to age seventeen or so..' but we all know that would never happen, now at seventeen I wish I'd held onto the memories and the experiences even more then I had when I was young. I wish I'd let my Peter Pan come though my mind a little more, to as I describe it, 'slow the process' and let me live my childhood a little bit longer, but sadly we can't go back and repeat sophomore and junior year, which to tell you the truth, I don't really care all that much. I wish I could've stopped and watched myself live it, giving myself little words of encouragement when I would need or to tell myself I was about to do something INCREDIBLY stupid and to think twice about it.
When I was between the ages five and seven I wished so hard that Peter would come and take me away, that I could meet the boy who was twelve and still had EVERY single one of his baby teeth, who had fair hair and fair skin, a light hearted and mischievous boy who would get me into trouble and probably make me want to hurt him, but none the less I wished he would come through my window and take me away with him to Neverland, so I wouldn't have to answer those questions of 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' and I never knew what to tell them, I think the earliest memory of me actually answering the question is that I wanted to go with pixies and Peter Pan. All the adults laughed and I frankly didn't understand what was happening. Every year when we would take our annual family camping trip I would run up to my room the second we got home to see if there was anything in my room for me, I always believed that Peter would be sitting on my bed, playing his little wooden flute and tell me that it was finally time to go away with him to Neverland, to live with him and become a lost girl.
The book Peter Pan clearly states that their are only lost boys saying that the boys fall out of their prams when the nurse isn't looking, but girls are much to clever to fall out of their prams. If a baby isn't claimed within ten days then it's sent to the Neverlands, I'm adopted and I always believed that I was the only girl ever to fall out of her pram, but I was claimed by a wonderful amazing family, so I still have the wildness that would've been instilled in me if I'd gone. I believe in all those fairy tale creatures, that somewhere there is a prince waiting for me one day to sweep me off my feet, although in Neverland, only children live there, haven't you ever realized that there aren't any adults?
-Birdy
“All children, except one, grow up.”
Friday, November 30, 2012
“Never is an awfully long time.”
To say 'never' can be alot of things. It can be 'I'll 'never' forget how much I love you.' or something like 'I hate you! I 'never' want to see you again!' but see, never is used in two completely different statements, however you look at it though, never is a awfully long time, when you say never to someone, you're making them a promise, wether it be a promise to never stop loving you, or a promise of just how deep their hatred seems to be.
When I think of never though, I always think of NEVERland. Somewhere, out there in the universe is a place where children never grow up; staying young forever to live out dreams, but one happens the kids start to think about going home? Do they forget their homes, their families, their dreams. Dreams as unimportant as some people think they are, they really aren't, dreams are what we look forward, and no I'm not talking about dreams like day dreams, things that I would want, or nightmares, your fears being realized, but dreams, about your future; like what I want to be when I grow up or what I want for a family of my own someday. Children in Neverland however, forget that; because if they remember such things then they'll be forced to leave and grow up. Something Peter Pan never did mind you, (see, there's that word 'never' again.)
Peter was the only boy who never grew up, not simply because he didn't want to go to school, or because he didn't want to become a man, he wanted to always be a boy and to have fun. To live out his ENDLESS childhood dreams, to forever be young. I mean I talk about not growing up, but I think I would be incredibly sad if one day I was told that I would never turn twenty-one or I would never get married and have children, that I had to be under my parents rule forever, I think if that was the case then I would rather live in Neverland, where I could be on my own, but who would be with me? Peter? No, Peter is always busy, causing his own mischief finding more people to add to Neverland, but I think it must be quite hard, considering some kids actually want to grow up and become adults, or some who just never want to leave home because they'll miss mummy and daddy.
I want to grow up, as much I would love to be seventeen forever, being seventeen is horrid, you can't do anything really, I sadly don't have my license and therefore I'm stuck at home most days, except when I make plans with people, but going to Neverland, oh that would be an awfully big adventure, but I prefer my sweet, quiet life.
Think again of Peter Pan for another minute if you don't mind, he ran away when he heard his parents talking about he someday would become a man, he, a small child ran away to Kensington Gardens, to hide away with the fairies, then he went to Neverland, to have a arch-enemy in a pirate, to have a best friend in Tinkerbell, and to have followers such as the Lost Boys, and when everyone had either left him or been defeated, Peter didn't care, oh I think he probably still thought of Wendy and the Lost Boys, but he didn't dwell on it like adults do, Peter knew no fear, which is the difference between adults and children. Peter may have experienced terrible things and almost death, but he is still fearless.
-Birdy
“Never is an awfully long time.”
When I think of never though, I always think of NEVERland. Somewhere, out there in the universe is a place where children never grow up; staying young forever to live out dreams, but one happens the kids start to think about going home? Do they forget their homes, their families, their dreams. Dreams as unimportant as some people think they are, they really aren't, dreams are what we look forward, and no I'm not talking about dreams like day dreams, things that I would want, or nightmares, your fears being realized, but dreams, about your future; like what I want to be when I grow up or what I want for a family of my own someday. Children in Neverland however, forget that; because if they remember such things then they'll be forced to leave and grow up. Something Peter Pan never did mind you, (see, there's that word 'never' again.)
Peter was the only boy who never grew up, not simply because he didn't want to go to school, or because he didn't want to become a man, he wanted to always be a boy and to have fun. To live out his ENDLESS childhood dreams, to forever be young. I mean I talk about not growing up, but I think I would be incredibly sad if one day I was told that I would never turn twenty-one or I would never get married and have children, that I had to be under my parents rule forever, I think if that was the case then I would rather live in Neverland, where I could be on my own, but who would be with me? Peter? No, Peter is always busy, causing his own mischief finding more people to add to Neverland, but I think it must be quite hard, considering some kids actually want to grow up and become adults, or some who just never want to leave home because they'll miss mummy and daddy.
I want to grow up, as much I would love to be seventeen forever, being seventeen is horrid, you can't do anything really, I sadly don't have my license and therefore I'm stuck at home most days, except when I make plans with people, but going to Neverland, oh that would be an awfully big adventure, but I prefer my sweet, quiet life.
Think again of Peter Pan for another minute if you don't mind, he ran away when he heard his parents talking about he someday would become a man, he, a small child ran away to Kensington Gardens, to hide away with the fairies, then he went to Neverland, to have a arch-enemy in a pirate, to have a best friend in Tinkerbell, and to have followers such as the Lost Boys, and when everyone had either left him or been defeated, Peter didn't care, oh I think he probably still thought of Wendy and the Lost Boys, but he didn't dwell on it like adults do, Peter knew no fear, which is the difference between adults and children. Peter may have experienced terrible things and almost death, but he is still fearless.
-Birdy
“Never is an awfully long time.”
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
“Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.”
Goodbye. It's one word with a sad meaning. It means that we're growing up and moving on. Peter Pan knows that when you say goodbye you'll forget about him, you'll forget about Neverland and all the adventures that you had when you were a child.
I think though, everyone at some point in their lives do need to say goodbye to either something or someone. You know when someone is dying and they say "Don't say goodbye? Don't forget?" There's truth to that saying because more often then not when we say goodbye, our minds except that they are really TRUELY gone and you forget those happy memories that you had with someone, may it be a family member who passed or a friend who moved away, but when you admit to yourself that they are gone, then they really are.
I can tell from experience that when you harbor a memory or something someone gave you that the memory is stronger then if you had nothing. I have a parrot from the grandmother and I still can remember her giving this old beanie baby parrot and I knew that she was dying even when she was giving me the bird. I was probably around eight when she passed away. I still hold onto memories and It hurts to go to my grandparents home, my grandfather remarried and he's changed almost everything in the house, the kitchen where she cooked is different, the living room where she lived is so much different, the bedrooms upstairs have changed; most of her trinkets have gone to her children. The only thing that remains untouched is the sitting room at the front of the house, still this strange yellow color, the furniture exactly the same the pictures haven't been changed since 2008, the piano is still in the corner the room, it hasn't been played for a long time. It however is my favorite room in the whole home. I feel strange when I go to my grandfathers, like I'm walking on broken glass, like the sitting room has a spell on it, it won't ever age as long as no one mentions my grandmother. How I want to though, how I wish I could just have memories about her, but that however would mean that I've excepted that she really is gone. I don't want to say goodbye, because to me she's not really gone.
So lets take a page from Peter's book and say see you later, or I'll miss you, but never Goodbye, because goodbye means going away.
-Birdy
“Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.”
I think though, everyone at some point in their lives do need to say goodbye to either something or someone. You know when someone is dying and they say "Don't say goodbye? Don't forget?" There's truth to that saying because more often then not when we say goodbye, our minds except that they are really TRUELY gone and you forget those happy memories that you had with someone, may it be a family member who passed or a friend who moved away, but when you admit to yourself that they are gone, then they really are.
I can tell from experience that when you harbor a memory or something someone gave you that the memory is stronger then if you had nothing. I have a parrot from the grandmother and I still can remember her giving this old beanie baby parrot and I knew that she was dying even when she was giving me the bird. I was probably around eight when she passed away. I still hold onto memories and It hurts to go to my grandparents home, my grandfather remarried and he's changed almost everything in the house, the kitchen where she cooked is different, the living room where she lived is so much different, the bedrooms upstairs have changed; most of her trinkets have gone to her children. The only thing that remains untouched is the sitting room at the front of the house, still this strange yellow color, the furniture exactly the same the pictures haven't been changed since 2008, the piano is still in the corner the room, it hasn't been played for a long time. It however is my favorite room in the whole home. I feel strange when I go to my grandfathers, like I'm walking on broken glass, like the sitting room has a spell on it, it won't ever age as long as no one mentions my grandmother. How I want to though, how I wish I could just have memories about her, but that however would mean that I've excepted that she really is gone. I don't want to say goodbye, because to me she's not really gone.
So lets take a page from Peter's book and say see you later, or I'll miss you, but never Goodbye, because goodbye means going away.
-Birdy
“Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.”
“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”
So, when Peter would come and get you, he would always have a little pixie with him right? Well sometimes it's not Tinkerbell, its another pixie; you see, fairies are so small that they don't live for very long. Peter always forgets them when they are gone, it doesn't hurt him you see, to forget. He's a child, sometimes things just don't matter as much as they would for adults.
When he does come, and he very well just might, he has a fairy, and it sprinkles you with pixie dust. I always think that you should always remember the motto, 'Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust' with that you can fly anywhere you want, but Peter doesn't want to fly just anywhere however, he wants us to fly home with him, to stay forever and ever. Most mothers however just want their children to stay for spring cleaning. Peter started this tradition with Wendy, when Mrs. Darling said she could go help him with spring cleaning, so since then whenever Peter does come, he only takes you for a while, not to say his house is clean, of course not! He's a young lad who sometimes forgets the virtues of cleaning and sorts. When Peter brings you home he say's he'll come back for you next year, but more often then not he will forget about you, and come at sporadic moments in your life. He didn't come much for Wendy, so don't think he'll remember you every year either. He also took Jane, Wendy's little girl, she and her children if I'm not mistaken still go with Peter when he needs them to help clean his home.
What happens though when you, the little child who flew with Peter grows up? What do you think happens to that poor boy who has no one? He forgets, sometimes he remembers the children as they grow up, but more often he'll forget, oh of course he'll be sad when you leave, he doesn't like watching people grow up. Let me remind you however, he was and still is the only little boy who never grew up, despite what all the movies and books may say about Peter, he NEVER grew up. He watched the Lost Boys mature into men and have a family, but he himself never wanted to grow up and become a man, as he put it, "I don't want to go to school and learn solemn things," he told her passionately. "I don't want to be a man. O Wendy's mother, if I was to wake up and feel there was a beard!" - Peter Pan talking to Mrs. Darling
Peter just couldn't grasp the concept of growing up, and why would he want to? Sure he doesn't have a mother, but he's been on his own for how long? Maybe ten or thirteen years and he is certainly not ready to grow up. Peter doesn't even want to look into the future to see what he could grow up to be, because if he does so then he will forsake childhood and be forced to grow up.
And we wouldn't the boy who will never grow to grow up now do we?
When he does come, and he very well just might, he has a fairy, and it sprinkles you with pixie dust. I always think that you should always remember the motto, 'Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust' with that you can fly anywhere you want, but Peter doesn't want to fly just anywhere however, he wants us to fly home with him, to stay forever and ever. Most mothers however just want their children to stay for spring cleaning. Peter started this tradition with Wendy, when Mrs. Darling said she could go help him with spring cleaning, so since then whenever Peter does come, he only takes you for a while, not to say his house is clean, of course not! He's a young lad who sometimes forgets the virtues of cleaning and sorts. When Peter brings you home he say's he'll come back for you next year, but more often then not he will forget about you, and come at sporadic moments in your life. He didn't come much for Wendy, so don't think he'll remember you every year either. He also took Jane, Wendy's little girl, she and her children if I'm not mistaken still go with Peter when he needs them to help clean his home.
What happens though when you, the little child who flew with Peter grows up? What do you think happens to that poor boy who has no one? He forgets, sometimes he remembers the children as they grow up, but more often he'll forget, oh of course he'll be sad when you leave, he doesn't like watching people grow up. Let me remind you however, he was and still is the only little boy who never grew up, despite what all the movies and books may say about Peter, he NEVER grew up. He watched the Lost Boys mature into men and have a family, but he himself never wanted to grow up and become a man, as he put it, "I don't want to go to school and learn solemn things," he told her passionately. "I don't want to be a man. O Wendy's mother, if I was to wake up and feel there was a beard!" - Peter Pan talking to Mrs. Darling
Peter just couldn't grasp the concept of growing up, and why would he want to? Sure he doesn't have a mother, but he's been on his own for how long? Maybe ten or thirteen years and he is certainly not ready to grow up. Peter doesn't even want to look into the future to see what he could grow up to be, because if he does so then he will forsake childhood and be forced to grow up.
And we wouldn't the boy who will never grow to grow up now do we?
Monday, November 26, 2012
What if I don't ever wanna grow up? -Kira Stone
I grew up surround by magic. Not the literal kind, like they use in Harry Potter; but the kind that only comes from reading a good story or hearing beautiful music. I may not live in neverland like I want, but I hold, nurture, care for, and love the spirit of the place. I never once did fly with Peter Pan, but I tried too mind you. I grew up listening to stories about Narnia and all the magical adventures that they had there. Of kings and queens and talking animals and lions that ruled the whole country; I always thought to myself; 'now wouldn't I give anything to go live in a place like that?' and truth be told, I probably would've already. Time though however, passes. We grow older and we mature into young adults, still clinging on to the belief that we are still children who are just turning six or seven. In reality, we are not. We grow out of Peter Pan and Narnia, we forget about the lost boys, about Aslan and the White Witch. We forget that Wendy forgot about her mother, we forget that four siblings became great kings and queens. We stop outwardly believing, oh somewhere deep inside I'm sure we still harbor some of our old habits, but most of them are gone, faded away with the rest of our childhood. Mine however, haven't. I still believe I can fly with Peter and Wendy, I believe that someday I'll be in Narnia, and I hear the stories of the great kings and queens. I still believe that someday, I'll see all those things and I'll be able to do everything I want, to achievemy dreams I believe is a phase used often, but instead of it just being a dream. It will be my REALITY.
-Birdy.
"To die, would be an awfully big adventure" -Peter Pan.
"You're sure to do impossible things, when you follow your heart." -Thumblenina
-Birdy.
"To die, would be an awfully big adventure" -Peter Pan.
"You're sure to do impossible things, when you follow your heart." -Thumblenina
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