The Stars Way Up In The Sky Are Leading My Way And I Don't Know Where Or Why
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I can't believe that this is happening. I am all alone, soaking wet, and walking to an unknown destination in a foreign country. I must be crazy...
Why would I be in this situation? Is that what you are asking yourself? Well, let me back up and tell you why.
My name is Colleen Adkins, I am a 22 year old All-American girl. I've lived in the same house in Connecticut my entire life. I grew up going to only one school system. GO WILDCATS...NOT!
I played clarinet in a pathetic excuse for a school band. I sang in choir and I was in EVERY school/church play.
You could say that I wasn't the most popular girl around town. I had friends, but none that I would call a best friend. I was kind of a loner.
I have only gone to one church my whole life. I tell people that I was born on a Sunday, so I missed church that week, but I've been going every week since. I know, I know. There is nothing really to complain about right? I mean I have a brother and a sister, so I never missed out on that. My parents are still happily married, so again I've been one lucky gal.
Now don't get me wrong. My life is so far from perfect, I've gone through things that no one should ever have to go through. I've just grown up a lot and have been able to move on. I am happy. It feels weird to write that down, the phrase - I am happy. I guess it is because I know that I am not completely happy. I feel like I am suffocating. Is there more to life than this? Living in the same town, doing all of the same things, never really branching out. I didn't even leave home to go to college. I went to an online school.
I have a steady job that pays the bills. I am an aquatic instructor. I teach special needs children how to swim.
I feel bad about wanting more out of life, because I already have so much, but I can't take it anymore. I need to break out of this. I need to do something more.
Maybe I dream too big, but I need to. I need to dream of bigger and better, because I already have had it so good.
So, I will start looking for a change, something that I could do to get out of here for just a little while. Maybe all I need is a vacation!
Or maybe, it's something a little more permanent...
This is a Keith Harkin/Celtic Thunder story.
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I can't believe that this is happening. I am all alone, soaking wet, and walking to an unknown destination in a foreign country. I must be crazy...
Why would I be in this situation? Is that what you are asking yourself? Well, let me back up and tell you why.
My name is Colleen Adkins, I am a 22 year old All-American girl. I've lived in the same house in Connecticut my entire life. I grew up going to only one school system. GO WILDCATS...NOT!
I played clarinet in a pathetic excuse for a school band. I sang in choir and I was in EVERY school/church play.
You could say that I wasn't the most popular girl around town. I had friends, but none that I would call a best friend. I was kind of a loner.
I have only gone to one church my whole life. I tell people that I was born on a Sunday, so I missed church that week, but I've been going every week since. I know, I know. There is nothing really to complain about right? I mean I have a brother and a sister, so I never missed out on that. My parents are still happily married, so again I've been one lucky gal.
Now don't get me wrong. My life is so far from perfect, I've gone through things that no one should ever have to go through. I've just grown up a lot and have been able to move on. I am happy. It feels weird to write that down, the phrase - I am happy. I guess it is because I know that I am not completely happy. I feel like I am suffocating. Is there more to life than this? Living in the same town, doing all of the same things, never really branching out. I didn't even leave home to go to college. I went to an online school.
I have a steady job that pays the bills. I am an aquatic instructor. I teach special needs children how to swim.
I feel bad about wanting more out of life, because I already have so much, but I can't take it anymore. I need to break out of this. I need to do something more.
Maybe I dream too big, but I need to. I need to dream of bigger and better, because I already have had it so good.
So, I will start looking for a change, something that I could do to get out of here for just a little while. Maybe all I need is a vacation!
Or maybe, it's something a little more permanent...
This is a Keith Harkin/Celtic Thunder story.