don't be shady

Although I do not have any older siblings, in my life I have been blessed with many older girls that care a lot about me. Maybe a blessing and a curse, with this caring comes protectiveness and sometimes over protectiveness. No matter where I am going or what I am doing I am always told to be careful and make good decisions, and while most of the time I do, there are times that i find myself doing things I am not proud to share with them when they ask how my day/night was. Elizabeth Cox, a junior at UK, is one of those people who care a lot about me and is very protective over me. Once, I did one of those things I was not proud to share with her, and because of that I tried to avoid answering when she asked me how my weekend went. Eventually, like always, she pulled it out of me and asked why I tried to lie to her. I answered with something like "I'm not proud of it" and her response was some of the best advice I have ever been given: "If you have to hide it from me, you probably shouldn't be doing it." How true that is, if you have to hide what you're doing from those who care about you, its probably not the smartest thing to do. That has continued to be the little voice in my head before I do something, and has greatly influence my choices.