' Growing Up '...

No matter where we're born,, which countries we're raised in,, what cultures we come from,, there are some universal experiences, we all have as children.. We all kind of start the same.. We want the love of our parents,, companionship,, friends,, we want to have fun,, to play,, and we're all hurt, the first time we learn that the world, is far from perfect place - it's the start of a series of epiphanies, and realizations, that is what growing up is all about. ................. Khaled Hosseini