GROWING UP
By Janelle Darien Tan
This year I turned 13. I am now at the threshold of my teen-age life. Gone are the days of my childhood when everything in my life depended on my mom and the people around me.
Now things are different. Aside form the physical changes, I am given more freedom to decide on things affecting myself. I am free to choose my friends, what to wear and where to go. Of course my mom and my siblings give advises but it is me who ultimately decides. I know that with this freedom comes responsibility, so much so that at times I am afraid to make decisions because sometimes I still am afraid to face the consequences of my actions. I am still a neophyte in these things.