Growing is learning.
It is adapting to the feeling of loss and pain,
It is finding peace and contentment in things once overlooked,
Acknowledging the sadness in some old things,
And understanding that change is part of growing.

Growing is forgetting.
One thing I've realized is time changes our perspective,
And it would pass.
It is understanding that nothing lasts forever.

Growing is love—
The love of our childhood and youth that shone brightly,
The love of those we've known,
The love of those we still know,
And those we are yet to know.
It is understanding that finding love in...