Letters

I have been sitting here for the last two hours reading my favorite blogs. BTW Please vote for me for Top Mommy Blogs Here and playing around with my blog header (isn’t it so cute!) You too can make a header of your own here at Picnik or you can visit Shabby Blogs and find some adorable backgrounds, headers and extras like dividers and such. I also made my own siggy at Picnik using one of the dividers from SB. So Cute! If you are feeling brave and want me to, I can try to make you a header and signature, just leave a comment and I’ll get back to you on the details. Keep in mind I am no pro but I will do my best and do it for free!

OK so I have decided to use all of this free time to FINALLY post my Letter to my former self. I originally read this on Cleared for Takeoff and thought it was a great idea! She got the idea from Raising Madison who started the blog hop.

Dear 9-11 year old Krista,

You’re only a kid but you have witnessed some things that a lot of people never will. Just understand that it is not your fault that these things are happening and know that it won’t last, you and Robert and mom will get out of that abusive and unhealthy home and mom will find the man she is meant to be with. You will all move in with Mark right before you go into fifth grade and you will finally get to stay in one school. It is here that you will make friends that you keep through high school. Oh and don’t listen to those mean boys who make fun of you and tell you that you’re ugly; I know it hurts your feelings but they will be out of your life before you know it!

Dear 12 year old Krista,

You are officially in Junior High…exciting I know! You are getting braces this year and new glasses which will make you feel better about your appearance. You are also going to meet some of your closest friends this year. Keep an eye out for a girl named Jennifer, she’ll have short blonde hair and sometimes wear a pink dress with white flowers. This girl will be your very best friend for life. Let her know that you’re not snobby because she thinks you are.

Dear 15-17 year old Krista,

High School…Wow. You made it! Over the next four years you will date, dance, get in to trouble, meet your first love, move two hours from home for college and meet the man you will marry.

Let me elaborate,

Sophomore year you are going to get those pesky braces off and feel more beautiful than you ever have! You and Jennifer are going to try out and make the dance team. You will have so much fun and learn a lot about yourself. You’re going to meet boy named John online…I would say don’t waste your time but he was a brief part of your life and an important lesson. You will also meet a guy who lives across the street from Jennifer (she has a huge crush on him) and become friends with him, he’s trouble...you’ll see why.

Junior year a.k.a. “the rebel year”, you and Jennifer will skip a lot of school and pierce your belly buttons…just wait on that last one ok? It is so not worth the pain, if you really want one (and I know you don’t want to hear this) LISTEN TO MOM, she’ll take you to get one when you are older if you wait. Oh and you remember the cute guy that lives across the street from Jennifer? He’s going to be your first love. He is going to make you feel wanted and beautiful, but he is also going to lie to you and break your heart. Please don’t skip out on him, he is a HUGE lesson in your life and part of the path that leads you to the man you’re going to marry.

Senior year, so close to college you can taste it! You and Jennifer will grow apart for a while due to a lack of communication but don’t worry, you talk with her before you both move away for school and it will be like you were never apart. During this time you’re going to start spending more of your time with another close friend, you’ll be her confidant and her shoulder to cry on, and she will do the same for you. DO NOT ROOM WITH HER IN COLLEGE!!!! This will change your relationship with her completely and you will regret it. You are going to hear from that first love a lot this spring and you despite your better judgment you will let him back into your heart only to have it broken again right before you leave.

This is very important so listen up!

You are going to join a blog called Xanga over the summer where you’ll get a comment from a guy named Michael a.k.a. White_Mike22. I know you think he is some weird guy because he is four years older than you but TALK TO HIM! He isn’t crazy, he is the sweetest guy you’ll ever meet and he is going to treat you better than any guy you’ve ever been with. This is the man you will marry so hang on to him and don’t let go.

Dear 18-20 year old Krista,

You are now in college. You won’t be here long if you don’t get your head out of the clouds and back to the books! I want you to at least TRY to go to class; Michael will be there when they are over! I can say this all I want to but you will still drop out and after you leave SFA you will move in with Michael. You will live with him for two years before he pops the question in March 2007. You’ll have a few ups and downs before the wedding but don’t give up, your wedding is going to be beautiful and Michael will be waiting for you at the end of the aisle so don’t stress!

Dear 21 Year old Krista,

When you and Michael go over to Chad and Amanda’s to hang out and you think you can drink with the best of them…YOU ARE WRONG. If you keep on drinking you are going to be so drunk that you can’t walk. You’re going to be sobbing all the way home and asking to go to the hospital. This will be your first and last experience being drunk so it will be a lesson learned.

Dear 22-23 year old Krista,

Don’t be so impatient! I know you have baby fever so take comfort in knowing that this year you’re going to get pregnant and begin the most exciting journey of your life. You’re going to be miserable during the summer no doubt and your feet will look like balloons at the end of your legs but this too shall pass. On September 10, 2009 you’re going to wake up from a restless sleep at 5:30 in the morning to go to the hospital. You will be induced at 6:00 a.m. and go through 11 hours of labor, the first half of that labor will be terrible. You’re going to feel pain like you’ve never felt before and when the anesthesiologist comes into the room you’re going to thank God and tell him you love him. Your sweet baby boy will be delivered at 4:58 by emergency c-section and will be the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen.

The next year is going to be tough, you’re going to be sleep deprived and moody but this is important, don’t neglect your marriage. Michael needs you to be his wife as well as Parker’s mother. I know it gets stressful and you don’t feel sexy but he still thinks you are. Let him know you still love him and want him the way you used to.

On December 23, a tornado is going to hit your neighborhood and a tree is going to fall on your house. You, Michael and Parker will be ok but you’ll live in a hotel room and then in an apartment until March, while your house is being fixed. During this time Parker is going to get sick. He’ll have RSV and 5 ear infections before he has tubes put in his ears in May. Don’t rush him to make those milestones, you’ll soon find out that he is going to do things in his own time, he won’t be your baby boy forever and you need to enjoy everyday with him.

Well that didn’t take as long as I had hoped it would…I guess I’d better go find something to do for three more hours. Don’t forget my Wordless Wednesday post!