After high school, a lot of people I came into contact with mistook me for being older than I was. I've had my age guessed anywhere from 20 to "how long have you been off your mission?" And for a while I thought I was pretty cool for that, because I know I look younger than I am. I was starting to buy into the idea that "age is just a number."

But sometimes I get thrown into a situation that reminds me of how old I really am. No matter how mature I would like to be, deep down, I'm still just a 19-year-old girl who's terrified of life.