Blue Wings

By Luke Wallin

When I was a kid, I was fascinated with the idea of being old for some reason. I "d close my eyes and picture what it would be like to be thirty. I used to bring up my age one year older on my birthdays. I couldn "t wait to grow up and be an adult. I remember mom "s sweet voice yelling at me from the kitchen SClementine there are nine candles on your cake because you "ve just finished your eight honey, you "ll be ten next year. Be a little patient. Malcolm, Polly and everybody else gathered around the table were giggling while I was blowing off the candles morosely. I could "ve never thought that I wouldn "t have to wait too long to grow up when I was ni? but eventually we all had to realize that life does not look back. The ultimate truth is that children don't grow up. Our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up. Being an adult doesn "t help.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878882006
• ISBN13: 9780878882007
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Bradbury Press
• Length: 213 Pages