SNAPSHOT 4 (Brittney Hanks)

Music is a big impact in my life, from little songs to songs on the radio. One song that sticks out to me and hits close to the hart is Taylor Swifts, Never Grow Up. As a kid whose dad was in politics, I always dreamed about growing up. I always was dreading to go to all my dads’ functions because they were so boring… I hated shaking hand after hand, people saying, “I remember when you were little.” When I hit the age of 13 I was ready to move out, I wanted to be on my own and live my life. I told my parents I wanted to go to college out of state they laughed and said, “ No you will not want to leave.”  One thing that my parents would tell me all the time was doesn’t grow up too fast. I always took that for granted, because as a kid you just think your parents want you to stay young forever and in your eyes you want to be on your own. Now that I am older I hear Taylor Swifts song and she says, “Remember that she's getting older too.” That’s something I never thought about when I would make her drop me of across the street because I didn’t want my friends thinking I was weird having my mom dropping me off right in front of the movie theater or something along the lines. Also dread the fact my mom made me stay the night at my grandparents house I just hated it mostly because I wasn’t able to hang out with my friends, or have my phone or anything. I will never forget my mom’s words to me… “ Spend the most time with them now why you still can before they are gone. Memories are worth a thousand words.”

Once my sister was born I took that song to heart because watching her grow up was a great experience but at the same time it was one of the hardest things in my life. One line that stood out to me was when Taylor Swift said “our little hands wrapped around my finger and it's so quiet in the world tonight, your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming, so I tuck you in and turn on your favorite nightlight.  You, everything's funny. You got nothing to regret I’d give all I have honey if you could stay like that.” Days I wish my sister will always be a little girl forever but I know that’s not the case. I would always tell her to stay little its so much easier, but Courtney is my best friend and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for her or my brother’s futures hold. They are going to do bigger and better things. 

Watching the people you love grow up isn’t easy but its beautiful thing in aspect of them growing up.  Never grow up too fast though.

To my siblings…..

Never grow up to fast, mom and dad aren’t ready to watch you guys grow up. Be your young self as long as you can. GROWING UP SUCKS SOME TIMES.

This is Taylor Swift from her newest tour 1989. My mom and I got to go to this concert on September 19,2015. She has made a lot of songs that any girl can relate too, and that is truly powerful, she is down to earth on her songs and they are written as a normal girl had written them.

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the song

Your little hands wrapped around my finger
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming
So I tuck you in and turn on your favorite nightlight

To you, everything's funny
You got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have honey
If you could stay like that

Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
It could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
No one will desert you
Just try to never grow up
Never grow up

You're in the car on the way to the movies
And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off
At fourteen, there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out
Someday and call your own shots

But don't make her drop you off around the block
Remember that she's getting older too
And don't lose the way that you dance around in your p.j.s getting ready for school

Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
It could stay this simple
And no one's ever burned you
Nothing's ever left you scarred
And even though you want to
Just try to never grow up

Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room
Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
And all your little brother's favorite songs
I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone

So here I am in my new apartment
In a big city, they just dropped me off
It's so much colder than I thought it would be
So I tuck myself in and turn my nightlight on

Wish I'd never grown up
I wish I'd never grown up
Oh I don't wanna grow up
Wish I'd never grown up
Could still be little
Oh I don't wanna grow up
Wish I'd never grown up
It could still be simple

Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
It could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And even though you want to
Please try to never grow up
Don't you ever grow up
Just never grow up

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