YA Outside the Lines

 by Charlotte Bennardo Freedom!   In my senior high school year, I thought that when I'm eighteen, I'm an adult . I'm going to be able to do anything I want.  I can go where I want. There will be no restrictions . High School Photos, Download The BEST Free High School Stock Photos & HD Images On the brink of eighteen, in college, on my own, I dreamed how free my life would be. No little sister tagging along when I went places and unable to borrow my clothes. No brother teasing me. No parents telling me to be home at a certain time and wanting to meet my friends.  Funny how life didn't work out like that.  Instead, I had to navigate how to get laundry done on off hours when a washing machine was empty in my dorm. And discipline myself that I had to skip dorm parties because a paper needed to be written. Learning how to budget what little money I had. Making sure I employed safe practices when walking across campus at night because one girl disappeared and he...