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Growing Pains*
(image found at: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/misusing_slang.png) When do we really grow up? Is there a moment in time when all of a sudden something shifts and we move from adolescence to adulthood in an instant, whether we like it or not? Does it happen so gradually that we don’t even notice it’s happening until it smacks us in the face? …and what the heck is a grown up, anyway? Is it when we discover that vegetables aren’t just gross–they’re actually fabulous? …or when our siblings become our friends and parents are suddenly wiser than we ever realized? Is it when we truly feel independent for the first time? …or when we are…