From the mouth of babes...

"Sometimes you can be scared, but you grow up and realize you don't want to be scared anymore. You have to be brave and face your fears."

Wise words from the mouth of a five year old. Such simple wisdom is long forgotten on the path between 5 and 25. 

I realized that starting college in a serious relationship, then bouncing from one pitiful dating scene to the next, then ending yet another serious relationship hasn't left me very much time to learn to be alone. But that's going to change.

I've been afraid to be alone. I've stayed in a broken relationship for far too long and I've lost who I am. But I did discover that being alone doesn't mean being lonely. I might be fresh out of a boyfriend to make me feel loved, but I have twenty 5-10 year olds that think I am a superhero, and that's good enough for me.

And now for the first time in my adult life, I'm actually acting like an adult. And I don't know which is scarier: adulthood or taking life advice from my kids at work.