My cellphone has been lost for over a week now and since I’ve been due for an upgrade anyway I went to Verizon to check out the new phones. I have an original Motorola Droid (Motorola is on #3 already), but all of the new designs are so big! The lady was trying to convince me to hold out for the Razr but even though it is super thin it is just too wide for my liking – it almost feels like I’d have to balance it if I was texting with one hand < this is a slight over exaggeration. Then I looked at the iPhone 4s. I love the design and I can actually hold it comfortably so I decided to order it. After I made my decision, another Verizon lady was trying to cell sell me accessories . She asked if I was old enough to drive…

I am 24 years old and get questions like this all of the time. My sister and I are pretty close. We live together. Whenever someone asks us who’s older we tell them to guess. They pick her 99% of the time even though I am 3 years older than her. I know 24 isn’t that old, but I still feel like a little kid most of the time, while at other times wise beyond my years.

Then, Friday night, The Wizard of Oz came on. I’ve seen it a billion times but haven’t caught it from the beginning in a while. There is a dedication after the opening credits that says:

“For nearly forty years this story has given faithful service to the Young in Heart; and Time has been powerless to put its kindly philosophy out of fashion. To those of you who have been faithful to it in return …and to the Young in Heart …we dedicate this picture.”

The movie was released in 1939 so it’s actually been 72 years – can you believe that? Thankfully and surprisingly, Time has still been powerless to put its “kindly philosophy out of fashion.”

I realized Young in Heart was a perfect way to describe me, and maybe it shows through to other people. My parents are Young in Heart – the both of them. I’ve never seen anyone else act the way that they do, and I hope I’ll follow in their footsteps. So even though I know my mind is maturing, I still feel young in heart. Obviously I can’t be alone if an entire motion picture was dedicated to people like me, people who imaginatively immerse themselves in a world of magic, “behind the moon, beyond the rain;” Cloud 9.

I don’t live on Cloud 9 as in I am a ditz. I’m not. I live on Cloud 9 as in twirl in the snow. Make a wish on a full moon. Enjoy the magic. Although, quite honestly, I do zone out sometimes, but just because I’m lost in thought; lost in a dream.

Frank Sinatra knows what I’m talking about:

Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you
If you’re young at heart
For it’s hard, you will find, to be narrow of mind
If you’re young at heart

You can go to extremes with impossible schemes
You can laugh when your dreams fall apart at the seams
And life gets more exciting with each passing day
And love is either in your heart or on it’s way

Don’t you know that it’s worth every treasure on earth
To be young at heart
For as rich as you are it’s much better by far
To be young at heart

And if you should survive to 105
Look at all you’ll derive out of being alive
Then here is the best part, you have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart

This leads me to the dedication of my blog to the Young in Heart – I’ve divided my posts into categories of Home, Heart, Courage, and Brain – let the posts fall where they may.

A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others.

- the Wizard of Oz

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