Listen,
I know this isn't a part of your life you want to remember
So don't.
Don't remember sitting here on this uncomfortable couch
Don't remember the nightsmares or chemistry homework at four in the morning
You don't have to.
But I promise that there will be more crazy school weeks
There will be more restless weekends
And there will be more regrets
Sweetheart, you don't have to regret this.
Wherever you are, you deserve to be there
Whatever decisions you've made, you had to choose
So here you are. Be brilliant. Enjoy it. Please don't think about me anymore.
I am one of your low points. I'm sure you'll have lots of them. So I give you permission.
Bury me.
I wrote journals whil I was in an abusive relationship several years ago. As I read through them, I wrote candid and genuine "notes from future me," as if I could go back, take my own advice and do it differently. So even though I'm having to make hard choices right now, I know that future me will have a different perspective, and she'll be facing new challenges and want some of the big sister advice that she always wishes I could hear for herself. Even if I can't forgive some of the things I've done at this point, she will.
If you could tell yourself something in the past, what would you say?
