Thanks to http://mamakatslosinit.blogspot.com/ for doing this homework assignment again!
I've chosen the you are 20 years in the future, write a letter to your today's self.
Dear Melissa,
You are 50 years old now, and you thought you were old at 30, you are almost at retirement age! Which is not a bad thing. I must tell you to SLOW down woman!!! Take the time to enjoy all the moments in your life. 20 years from now you are gonna wish you could go back to when your daughter was 7 years old and she was totally into you! Do more fun things with her and don't get so aggravated when you are helping her with her homework! You are one lucky person to only be working hours a day and you have the whole afternoon to spend with her after school. Alot of women don't get to do that and you should know because you haven't been doing it long!! Enjoy that time and savor every last moment of it. Also, you and your hubby need to take more time for yourselves! When Hazel is out of the nest you two will have nothing to talk about because you won't know each other. Don't get so mad at him about fantasy football, he really does enjoy it, even though you have been replaced in his life by Dan! (Josh, I had to throw this in, sorry!!) Try to spend more time with your mother, you will regret not spending the time with her when she's not around for you to see. The same goes for your father as well, even though it's hard for you to let go of the past. He was another person then and he's a much better person now. Love him for who he is now and live in the present and for the future, not in the past!! This goes for a lot of things in you life!! I'll tell you again you can't change the past no matter how hard you try. Never forget your girlfriends!!!! Not that you ever did!! They are such an important thing to have in your life. Well you are not doing bad at all despite all the things I've told you in this letter. Just live, laugh and love!!!!
Love,
Me
Writer’s Workshop: Passing The Baton
4 months ago
8 comments:
Great letter, I think we could all take your advice that you give yourself!
Awesome post! Letting go of the past is the most difficult thing.
I think that's one of the major points for us all... enjoy our kids while they're still little. before we know it, poof, they'll be all grown up!
I really do need to take your advice and make more time for my parents ... I won't have the opportunity in the future. They are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this November ... I can't believe it!
Wow, our letters to ourselves are almost the same! lol GREAT job!
Isn't it funny how we know what we're going to regret later on, but we still keep doing what we're doing. These letters are eye opening!
Well said!
That's beautiful Melissa. True words all around. Good insight.
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