Skip to main content

Letter to myself...


Me in 1985... Posted by Hello

To my 16 year-old self:
  • You ARE skinny. Just because you aren't anorexically thin, enjoy your sweet little body for what it is... it won't always be that way.
  • Be kind to your parents.
  • You are very confident, but that does not mean you are always right. The sooner you learn this, the happier you will be, and the happier others around you will be.
  • If you can find one, date a black guy maybe, just to get your parents used to the idea...
  • Keep taking French classes in college. You might want to quit, but don't.
  • Save some money...
  • Take lots of pictures - of all the stages of your life. You don't want to have a five year gap with hardly any pictures... trust me on this one.
  • Your friends will come and go. Learn now how to make new ones - it's a very valuable skill you'll need all your life.
  • Pursue your relationship with God - never take it for granted. It takes discipline, but always train yourself for righteousness... it won't just happen because you were blessed to be born into a family of faith.
  • Be careful of the girls who work with you at Alice's... they're trouble... be true to your convictions.
  • Pay your bills on time.
  • Don't quit college.
  • Don't perm your hair.
  • You don't need a lot of makeup. Remember this when you're getting ready for Junior Prom. Walk away from the eyeliner...
  • Go to Europe before you get married - do the backpack - hostel thing... it's too hard to do later in life.
  • Say no to VISA.
  • Wear sunscreen. Every day. You'll thank me when you're older, I promise.

Comments

Post a Comment

I love it when people talk back...

Popular posts from this blog

Somebody got a new toy...

4 comments
Read more

Phlumpyschlumpy.

Good morning, peeps. It's Friday. There's frost outside this morning. *FROST!* This week has been ridiculously chilly. I'm having mixed feelings about blogging lately. Mostly because I feel like all I've been doing is whine about being tired. Or overwhelmed. And because comments are lacking. And because I can't seem to think about anything to write about except Tejan. And because some of the thoughts I'm having are too private for the blog - or too repetitive. Or too unformed to turn into actual words you all could understand. So I'm struggling a bit. And yet, I'm committed to documenting the process I'm in. So I'll keep writing when the words come. And when they don't, like this morning, when I looked at that intimidating blinking cursor and my mind went blank and I started to break out in a cold sweat and began by talking about the weather... well, then, I'll just gracefully (or not so gracefully) back out of the room... tail between m...
21 comments
Read more

Missoula Children's Theater

Last week Savannah and Ethan were both cast in their school's Missoula Children's Theater production of Red Riding Hood. Savannah was cast as Mother Hood and the Grandmother, and Ethan was Robin Hood - the Hood family's cousin from England. After five days of intense rehearsing, (four and a half hours every day after school) they were ready for two shows on Saturday afternoon. It was so fun for them. And fun for me, as I was one of two parent volunteers with the privilege of being at every rehearsal. I come from my own childhood experience of many opportunities with theater and musicals, so watching them experience the thrill of performing was awesome. It was an amazing week. I'm so glad they had the chance to do it. I loved that instead of having to commit to weeks and weeks of rehearsals, they just had to do this one really intense week. A full scale musical production without a month of rehearsing and I didn't have to sew any costumes! That's my kind of pla...
2 comments
Read more