“Today, kids are much more aware of what fashion means, but when I was growing up, it was popular, but not as popular as today. Like any kid, I was fascinated by drawing. But when some of the kids let go, I kept drawing and drawing.” MeanKidsTodayGrowing UpFashionLetting Go Author:Nicolas Ghesquiere
“My mom didn't let me play video games growing up, so now I do. Gaming gives me a chance to just let go, blow somebody up and fight somebody from another dimension. It's all escapism.” GivingPlayFightingGamesChanceGrowing UpGrowingMomLetting GoLet MeGive MeBlowMy MomVideoDimensionsEscapismGamingJust Let GoGive Me A Chance Author:Wayne Brady
“That mirror, that's one I hate to let go, he said. That was my daughter's the whole time she was growing up. It probably seen her more than me--everything from a baby up to twenty years old. Sometimes I wonder if all that might still be inside it. Got to make an impression on a thing, reflecting the same person every day.” IfsYearsPersonsSaidStillsSometimesWholeMightHateWonderGrowing UpGrowingBabyLetting GoDaughterI HateTwentiesMirrorsImpressionMy DaughterReflectingSometimes I Wonder Author:David Wroblewski
“Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them - a mother's approval, a father's nod - are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.” HeartChildrenMomentsStoriesMovingUsedMotherFatherParentWaterGrowing UpLetting GoStonesSkinsAccomplishmentCoveredApprovalMother And FatherChildren Growing UpGrowing Children Book:The Five People You Meet In Heaven Source: The Five People You Meet In Heaven
“Some wounds cut us so deep that they stop us. Stop us from letting go, from growing up, from seeing the truth.” Growing UpCuttingGrowingSeeingLetting GoWoundsSeeing The Truth Author:Laurell K. Hamilton
“Growing up means letting go of the dearest megalomaniacal dreams of our childhood. Growing up means knowing they can't be fulfilled. Growing up means gaining the wisdom and the skills to get what we want within the limitations imposed by reality - a reality which consists of diminished powers, restricted freedoms and, with the people we love, imperfect connections.” PeopleWantMeanDreamRealityGrowing UpKnowingGrowingChildhoodSkillsLetting GoConnectionsOur ChildrenAgingLimitationImperfectFulfilled Author:Judith Viorst