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"You're Gonna Miss This"

Never wish a day away

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"You're Gonna Miss This"
Heather Walker

I never thought much about what I was leaving behind but only of what was next to come. I always wished time away for something wonderful to happen such as a trip with the family, summer, getting my drivers license, graduation, and so forth...but it was right after those moments seemed to fly by that I just wanted them back, and no matter how much I wanted those moments to return I knew that it was impossible. Right after I graduated I heard a song come on the radio...country fans would know this song. It's called You're Gonna Miss This by Trace Adkins. I was driving past my high school with my mom in the passenger seat when it came on and the song really hit me, especially the chorus:

You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

I couldn't help but cry when I heard that song. It made me think back to all the memories I have made starting with my first and last trip out of state with both of my parents. I looked back through all my yearbooks watching my friends and myself get older and make memories. I look back at graduation and wonder where the time has gone. I get excited when I talk about the senior trip my friends and I took to Ocean City, Maryland and all the fun we had that week we were there. There are so many memories that were made that I would wish to get that time back, even the days I had previously wished away I now regret because there were some amazing memories made there too. Memories made such as playing What Are The Odds in study hall to playing "don't laugh games" at lunch. From the time I started to drive a toy car around the yard to driving my brother's four wheeler. It's all these moments that mean the most that we may not think about at first but regret we didn't think about them sooner.

How I wish I could go back in time, even just to watch instead of act. Memories are a big part of who we are and we make them the way we want them to be. So Trace Adkins is right. You're gonna miss this and you're gonna want this back. You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast because these are some good times, so just take a good look around. You may not know it now, but you're gonna miss this. Make the memories that you're going to remember and make every moment count. Never wish a day away because once it's gone, you're going to miss it.

Here's the song for anyone who wishes to listen to it:


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