Daily writing prompt
What advice would you give to your teenage self?
You are not the sum of your circumstances. I could sit here tonight lecturing you, however, we both know how strong-willed we are. We never played enough, childhood ended too early. You will learn to play later. The role of cleaning up everyone's mess is not your job, I am sorry to tell you, it took me a long time to learn that. You are going to spend a very long time being a mother. There will be children that you will give birth to, children you worked with, and children you didn't give birth to.
Your 18th year will be the most difficult, your path of dreams didn't come true. Your education path was interrupted. It is okay,you We end up with a Masters. The boy, you thought was the love of your life, wasn't. However, without the pain of him. you wouldn't have the greatest gift of your oldest child.
You grow up to be a conserative woman. Yup, we are still Catholic. I am still working on our greatest dream. You will be surprised to find us living on a homestead complete with animals. No, we don't dress frumpy. You find that we have recreated the life we had at great grammy Doris's. Savor the experiences that you love, sensory memory lasts life-long.
Life will have many joys, many disappointments, and sorrows. As we were always told by dad, I am not worried you, you will be always be okay. We will always be okay, he isn't worried about us. His literally last comment will cut to the core for a long time. But, it is true, we always could take care of ourselves. It is okay not to be okay sometimes.
There is a terrible event that will happen to us in our twenties. You survive, thrive even. There was no way of knowing he was going to be anything more than charming. The reason we survive is because that is what we do. The advice I give you when you meet a dark-haired man who is charming, don't accept the rose. You didn't trust your gut when you met him. People will tell you who they are.
Have grace with yourself and others. You have been and always will be BLUNT. You say things that need to be said, just not when people are ready to hear.
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