“I grew up believing my generation would be better. We would be kinder, we would be more level-headed. We would be more loving. And so many people are missing.” PeopleBelieveWould BeLevelsGenerationsMissingGrewGrew UpMy GenerationKinderLevel Headed Author:Jorja Fox
“I grew up with synthesizers and weird, spacey music-hip-hop, R&B, modern rock-that I heard on the radio. That's influenced the way I play music. It's natural for me to go with what I feel. If I didn't let that other stuff out and stuck to a certain format, I would feel like I was missing out on something. I'm just enjoying my ride and being who I am.” IfsWayFeelsPlayCertainStuffEnjoyNaturalHeardModernRocksMissingGrewGrew UpHip HopRadioStuckWho I AmHipsHopsFormatMissing OutSynthesizers Author:Gary Clark, Jr.
“We grew up as poor people but we never knew poverty. I still love and miss the Somalia I grew up in. Things changed, when my father became a diplomat later on.” PeopleStillsFatherPoorPovertyMissingChangedGrewGrew UpPoor PeopleThings ChangeDiplomatsSomalia Author:Iman Abdulmajid
“I grew up in a family of ten. You had to have, like, a burst appendix to get the floor.... My brothers and sisters are very quick, intense, brilliant, very sarcastic people. And they were always right there with you, right there, missing not one little throat clearing.” PeopleLittlesMissingBrotherGrewTenGrew UpBrilliantIntenseMy BrotherSarcasticThroatBrothers And SistersClearingAppendixVery Sarcastic Author:Mary Robison
“Israel is a very young country, a cultural melting pot, and unlike the structured life of the Orthodox Jews, I grew up in a non-religious part of society where people were totally open to new experiences on many levels. I learned that when things are missing, you invent them.” PeopleCountryYoungReligiousLevelsMissingGrewGrew UpJewIsraelOrthodoxPotMeltingNew ExperiencesMelting PotNon Religious Author:Noma Bar
“You got to miss class to do it. Like, many periods of school. And then they took us to an elementary or middle school, and we told kids that they could be cool when they grew up even if they didn't do drugs.” IfsKidsSchoolClassMiddleMissingGrewPeriodsDrugGrew UpBeing CoolMiddle School Author:Ilana Glazer
“I'm in California, so I know people who are natives who tell me there's lots of weather here, but it's not the same as being in Vermont. Since I grew up on the East Coast I miss that weather all the time. You'd think I'd get used to not having it, but I don't.” PeopleThinkingKnowsUsedMissingGrewGrew UpEastWeatherCaliforniaCoastEast CoastVermont Author:Martha Ronk