Dear Maeve,
Life hasn't exactly been pleasant so far has it? You finally make friends and what do your parents do? Move, again. To make matters worse you're venturing into a completely foreign land: Ireland. It's a cool place for vacation but can you really live there?
Yes, you can live there, but you're gonna hate it for a long time. Making friends will be hard. They'll be few and far between but completely worth the wait. Teachers won't really have an opinion on you. You're an awkward little girl with crippling anxiety, although you don't know what that is yet (It sucks). Life will be lonely for the most part but you have THE INTERNET which will grace you with entertainment in the form of binge watching TV shows and Youtube videos that will shape your mind into something strange and powerful.
You're too young to hate yourself! Just because you're not as pretty as the other girls doesn't mean a thing. Okay, yes, you are a little chubby, short and moving around in your body feels awkward and sluggish, but that's just 'cause you're a caterpillar! Do not listen to your mother or your classmates. Do not compare yourself to others. Do not regret eating all those cookies. Learn to love yourself early because it gets harder the older you get.
Which brings me to my next point: bullying. I just want you to remember that it's not your fault. They'll tease you, leave you out and you may even take a few slaps and a kick... it gets better. Be a nerd. Continue to get lost in Middle Earth cause real life sucks. I just wish you'd stand up for yourself. Push those girls back, slap their faces when they slap your ass. You have to take matters in your own hands cause teachers don't do anything to help you. It breaks my heart to know that you dismiss bullying because you're "used to it". I wish I had stood up for myself.
The only good advice I can give to you is incredibly cliché and you've heard it from every Disney Channel movie but... BE YOURSELF. Listen to the music you want to. Read the books you want to. Watch the movies you want to. I promise you'll be happier if you don't try to contort yourself to fit into everyone's perfect little box. You're not them, you're you. You are perfect the way you are.
Love,
You.
Which brings me to my next point: bullying. I just want you to remember that it's not your fault. They'll tease you, leave you out and you may even take a few slaps and a kick... it gets better. Be a nerd. Continue to get lost in Middle Earth cause real life sucks. I just wish you'd stand up for yourself. Push those girls back, slap their faces when they slap your ass. You have to take matters in your own hands cause teachers don't do anything to help you. It breaks my heart to know that you dismiss bullying because you're "used to it". I wish I had stood up for myself.
The only good advice I can give to you is incredibly cliché and you've heard it from every Disney Channel movie but... BE YOURSELF. Listen to the music you want to. Read the books you want to. Watch the movies you want to. I promise you'll be happier if you don't try to contort yourself to fit into everyone's perfect little box. You're not them, you're you. You are perfect the way you are.
Love,
You.
This is one of the most amazing blog posts I have ever read...
ReplyDeleteThank you! This means so much to me.
Delete