When we are children, we are told not to grow up too fast. I never understood why adults feared getting older because it felt like it would never happen. When I was young, it felt like my current age was far away and I could not imagine how it would feel. However, looking back, I understand why adults told me not to grow up too fast. It feels like every day, we are all just trying to hold onto a childhood that went by so fast. We lose ourselves because we fear what is to come and how we will get there. It is hard to let go of that child we have known our whole lives. I used oil paint for the portraits with some acrylic paint for the details. The background is made almost completely out of acrylic paint. I used stencils for the flowers. The paper is from old math textbooks that have been soaked in watered down acrylic paint.