But even more, I think they were afraid of letting me change and become my own person because then I would be someone they could no longer control. I knew they were afraid of me growing up and leaving the nest. I've had plenty of time to grow up, but one thing that I do know when I was with my family, the older I got, the more my parents wanted to coddle me. It's like Young Link waving goodbye to Adult Link because he's forever stuck in the future he fast-forwarded to and can never go back to his childhood and live it out. There's been many times where I feel different, like I've lost my past self or lost a part of me that no longer exists in my history. Getting disowned by your family changes you permanently, in a way. Not so much memories as it is exact details and feelings I had at the time. I'm already a quarter of a century old and I honestly can't remember a lot of things in my past.
It's really interesting how once you reach a milestone in your life, your past becomes, for the most part, forgotten.
