Journal+1

When I think of the loss of inocence I think of this being when something happens to make someone realize that they aren't a child anymore or that they need to start coming out of their child stages and into the more mature part of their life. This happened to me about 4 years ago. This was I was 11 and my grandma passed away. There are no words great enough to describe how wonderful of a person she was. To have her taken away from me so suddenly was really life changing. She was 83 years old and I knew she wasn't going to live forever and that I probably would only have a few more years with her, but I don't think anyone is ever emotinaly ready for someone they love to be taken away from their life. This whole experience really made me see that you have to charish the time you have with people. I know there were times when I didn't want to go to my grandparents house, but now looking back I really regret the times when I decided I would rather hang out with my friend than go be with my grandparents.