I recently had a friend blogger do this and I thought, oh man, if i could talk to the 15 year old me. So here it goes,
Oh man, things for you right now are not easy. you have all of high school ahead of you. Just going to give you so tips:
You think you need to be so many things in high school. You think you need people to see you a certain way. You are going to realize that the friends you already have are the best friends you could ever want. You are going to learn that the personality you have in high school and the things you believe and make you who you are, are admirable.
High school will not be the highlight of your life so don't put so much weight on it.
You are going to go to Utah State and you are going to love it. Try harder while you are there. Don't skip classes, you aren't going to love them, but they are important. You are going to have some great friends while you are there, friends who love you for who you are. Friends that will be a part of your life for the rest of your life. Friends who will show you that you are an amazing person, and someone worth getting to know.
After that year you are going to go to Hawaii with Bree. Pray about this decision. You will feel uneasy about it and you will be afraid to pray for fear that you won't feel it's the right decision, but if you pray about it you will be comforted and know that it is the right decision. This will be a defining time in your life. This will be a time of growth and revelation. You and Bree will look back on this for the rest of your lives as the best decision you could have made. (You'll also get your first kiss while you are there, don't be nervous!)
You are not going to get married at 20 or 21 like you think you want. THIS will be a huge blessing. Your early twenties are going to be hard. You won't be super confident and they are going to be a challenge. You are going to have a string of unfulfilling jobs, but endure them, they will lead you to where you want to be. Around the age 24 everything is going to change. I mean everything. You are going to be the person you always dreamed you'd be. You are going to do things you never thought possible. You are going to achieve things that seemed impossible. You are going to be singing all the time, you are going to run races, you are going to date a lot, you are going to travel all the time. You are going to have a life you always wanted, but never thought you'd get. Don't be frustrated at the thought that you won't get married young, because of this you are going to have so many experiences that will make you better prepared to be a wife and a mother and you will be SO glad you had the opportunity to become that person. You are going to make so many friends that you will consider best friends. You will ALWAYS have someone to depend on.
You are going to want to go on a mission, but that won't be the right decision for you. It's going to be hard forever, you will always in your heart long for that experience, but the work you are going to do in music will be your mission, and you will love it!
Stay close to your family, they are going to become your best friends. Tell your parents everything. When they decide they are going to move, it's going to be really hard for you, but you will actually form a deeper relationship with them in their absence. It will show you how much you love them, and it will also teach you about the kind of marriage you want when you see how they depend on each other. You will also become closer with your siblings as you depend on them for those years.
The thought of life being pretty hard for the next 10 years I'm sure is daunting, but I promise you, you will love what is coming your way.
Beautiful blog Jules. Tell her that she's going to become an amazing woman and an inspiration to all who know her, including her dad.
ReplyDeleteLove, Dad