Dear ________,

Dear ________,
I do like to pass the day with you in serious and inconsequential chatter.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Things I'd Tell Myself


Dear Jade,

Do you ever wish you could go back in time and tell your younger self something you know now? Like...

Age 6: Don’t pick your nose in the school play. Just because it’s not your line doesn’t mean no one can see you.
 
Age 7: Don’t be so sad that Ms. Maximitz yelled at you. She’s a bitch who hates her life.

Age 8: Don’t fart at your piano teacher’s house because she is an old British lady, and she will be appalled by your barbaric upbringing.

Age 9: Don’t watch the Sixth Sense. It will ruin your life.

Age 10: Don’t be upset about changing schools. It’ll be one of the best things that’s ever happened to you.

Age 11: Let mom put you in dance classes.

Age 12: Don’t wear make-up.

Age 13: Be nicer to people you don’t like.  Also be nicer to mom.

Age 14: The pimples will go away.

Age 15: You will one day look back and grimace at those webcam photos. Do not put them on the internet.

Age 16: Avoid that ice puddle. You will have a devastating fall in the middle of downtown Ottawa and you won’t be able to move for five minutes.

Age 17: Appreciate your friends more. A year from now you won’t get to see them every day.

Age 18: Switch out of morning classes. They will make your life miserable.

Hopefully when I’m 40, this is what I would tell my 19-year-old self: Don’t worry. Everything will turn out just fine.

Love,
Cindy

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