My eyes are opened

From the eyes of a newbie growing up.

     My dog loves soccer balls, so for Christmas I bought him a soccer ball that I thought might last...

     I am learning that many things in life that you think might last simply do not. But in this learning experience the makings of such things are revealed, the layers pealed away and core exposed. Slowly but steadily the inner makings of all that I thought would last and didn't are uncovered. I think this is called "growing up." My eyes are being opened, and sometimes I wish that they had been closed. 

     Sorry for all of these metaphors, I simply meant to say, I am finding that things are not what I thought. 

Hailey