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I Missed the Only Year of My Life When I Could Sing, "I am sixteen going on seventeen."

     Sound of Music has been my favorite movie since I was in kindergarten. My second favorite scenes was the invasion of the Nazi's. Don't ask why? I guess it was foreshadowing to my future history major. My favorite scene is when Liesl sings, "I am sixteen going on seventeen." 

     For years, I waited until I turned sixteen so I could sing that song. I didn't care that the two characters were falling in love. I just wanted to sing the lines, "I am sixteen," with accuracy. 

     Well, today I am seventeen. In the past year, I never got the chance to watch Sound of Music and sing along. This kind of made me sad . . . 

     Until I think back to all the times my sister, MK, sang the songs from The Sound of Music with beauty and grace. She fell in love with the movie just like had, and she doesn't care that she's not sixteen. She just loves music and singing. Listening to her was better than fulfilling a childhood dream.

     MK and my family make my birthday special. Memories put a smile on my face, not gifts. Smiles on siblings faces make me excited. God's blessings give me energy to keep going day after day. 

     What I really want for my birthday and every birthday to come: my God and my family. 


~ Alyson

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  1. Anonymous9/6/16, 12:59 AM

    I love this, Alyson! I turn seventeen on Wednesday and I can't help but feel that I didn't spend nearly enough time singing this song and it made me sad! Thank you for reminding me what is actually important!

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