Learning

 

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You would think that as a girl gets older, learning gets slower.  There are less things to learn.  The girl has learned many things, most things.  

But as the girls gets older, new learning things happen.  Many learning things.  So, in fact, learning gets faster.  There are many more things to learn. 

In extra fact, learning is rather speedy for the older girl.  There are more and more things to learn.  The girl hasn't yet learned many things like popular music lyrics and latest fashion trends and ICE means... something, but not frozen water.  She doesn't know what a Model Y looks like, what R&B sounds like, and what GRTL tastes like. 

In extra extra fact, insides fact, the older girl doesn't often know when to speak and when to not speak.  She's still learning how to be a good host, a good neighbor, a good mom.  She wants to know how to respond to pain, to lead a closer path to Jesus, to be truly authentic.  She especially needs to learn how to be and say, I'm OK.  I still need you.  Please stay with me - without burdening another.  

The older girl gets in the way of herself and stumbles over learning.   But as the girl gets older, she's still learning.  Many things.  And she wonders, she thinks, she will never really learn most things.