Carlee Miller

Comp 2 Online

Mrs. Davis

Proctor Exam

5/26/22

While We Are Young

All I have heard from my parents and older peers as I have grown up is the repetitive

saying, “Enjoy your youth”. As a young child, it never occurred to how import that this was.

When your little all you want to do is be like the big kids. At 25 I really wish I never wanted that.

I crave for the days of being young and not having any of the responsibilities I currently have.

Bills, working full time, taking care of myself and my animals, all white battling a daily mental

illness that I never knew I would have to deal with on a day-to-day basis. Thinking to my present

life of a 25-year-old in 2022, I am pretty lucky to be able to still live out my youth. Single with

no children at my age is rare. So, I am taking full advantage.

When I was 18, I met my current boyfriend of now almost seven years, Jorge Raul

Miranda. I was living with a high school friend at the time and she had been seeing one of Raul’s

friends for a couple months now. Raul bought us all tickets to attend Foam Wonderland, which

would be my first experience of the rave culture. Well, long story short, we dance the night away

under the lasers and lights. Not only did I meet the love of my life that night, but I feel in love

with the festival and rave culture as well. About two months later I was still seeing Raul, and my
friend was still seeing Raul’s friend as well. Only she was in for a little surprise one morning,

after being sick for days she decided to do one of the hardest things of her life and take a

pregnancy test. It was in fact positive. With the news of a baby on the way, her and I decided it

was best for her to be living with her baby’s father so I decided to move in with Raul. At our age,

our goal was travel. As a couple we had so many things to accomplish before we could even

think about starting a family. Plus, we hadn’t even been together for a year yet and were already

living together. Living together was one of the best choices we had made as a couple, until he

received a phone call for a job that he just couldn’t turn down. Raul is a combo welder and

travels frequently for work but hadn’t traveled since we started dating. I could see the confusion

and contemplating in his eyes when he hung up the phone. His voice sounded sad and unsure,

and all he could say was, “I don’t want to lose you”. He discussed the job aspect with me, that he

would have to go to Pennsylvania for at least a year and was scared to leave me for that long. I

gave him the ultimate surprise and packed my things while he was gone one day, quit my job,

and said goodbye to family and friends. I was going to Pennsylvania with him. At 19 years old I

left my small town of Tonkawa to experience a part of the country I had never seen. All on my

own, with this man I had fallen in love with less a year ago.

If I hadn’t of ever listened the words of enjoying my youth while I could, I never would

have taken that leap. I never would have traveled to the twenty plus states I have now seen. I

believe, you should enjoy your youth while you can. We won’t be young forever. Be crazy!

Jump out of an airplane, hike the Appalachian trail, conquer your bucket list. One day, we will

be old. But, think about the story you will be able to tell to your future generations. The

experience I have had, never would have been doable without the wonderful support of my
parents. They have always encouraged me to do the things that makes me happiest. They have

never held me back, and have watched me see places and experience things they were never able

to do. I believe, you must do as many things as possible while you are young.