You’re a grownup if you are able to say, “It’s my fault” and mean it.

You’re a grownup if a Happy Meal doesn’t always make you happy.

You’re a grownup if everywhere you look, you see something that needs doing.

You’re a grownup if you appreciate hand-me-downs.

You’re a grownup if you value the little things. Charles Dickens wrote, “Trifles make the sum of life.”

You’re a grownup if you spend an inordinate amount of time talking about what gas prices used to be.

You’re a grownup if you say the things your parents said — the ones you swore you would never say.

You’re a grownup if you hear your favorite song in an elevator or on a TV commercial.

You’re a grownup if you realize that you have no one to complain to.

You’re a grownup if you remember when the smoking section was anywhere that you couldn’t smell gas.

You’re a grownup if you know that toilets are not self-cleaning.

You’re a grownup if your parents no longer embarrass you in public.

You’re a grownup if you no longer own a nuclear-powered car radio that torments eardrums.

You’re a grownup if you are less concerned with building your body than you are in reducing it.

You’re a grownup if things left unsaid shout at you.

You’re a grownup if you never go into a store without buying something.

You’re a grownup if you realize that there is nothing to be gained by judging others.

You’re a grownup if you recognize that everyone knows more about something than you do and is worth listening to.

You’re a grownup if it’s no longer funny when you fall down.

You’re a grownup if you understand that if you could trade troubles with another, you’d likely keep yours.

You’re a grownup if you are able to get so full at the nibbles table that you cannot finish your meal.

You’re a grownup if you have figured out that things turn out the best for people who make the best of how things turn out.

We choose a direction and we leave home. When that begins to hurt, we know that we are gone. We are a grownup.