Give advice to yourself in the past.
(age 10) - don't push Jere down the stairs on his Ninja Turtles bean-bag chair, he'll never forgive you.
(age 15) - be warned when you watch Romeo and Juliet for the first time, love will be unobtainable in your eyes hence forth and needn't be tragic to be real.
visit your Grandmother before you leave for Germany, you won't see her again before she passes away.
pay no mind to the people who comment on your day dreaming and quiet nature, this behaviour will be a great source of inspiration for you.
(age 16) - don't make your mom cry... ever, you'll feel terrible about it for years to come.
don't be discouraged your first day of soccer try-outs, return the next day and give it your all, you love how you feel when you're on the soccer field.
don't come home from school and cry in the bathroom everyday, you're beautiful.
(age 17) - don't kiss Christopher on his 18th birthday, will lead to over 10 years of great confusion.
(age 19) - don't move to Las Vegas, will be 8 years of heartache and unbearable heat.
(age 23) - be a better example for your younger brother Jere, you'll feel guilty for his mistakes in the future.
(age 24) - don't leave the ky jelly on the kitchen table, will lead to extreme embarrassment.
(age 26) - don't eat at the asian fusion restaurant in London with Toni, you'll get the worst food poisoning ever.
(age 27) - after your break-up, don't move back to America immediatley but instead, move to the Shakespeare and Company bookstore, write your children's book and make a life for yourself in Paris.
do realize you can and will love again.
(age 28) - be you, mistakes and all.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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