A Letter to my Younger Self.
Dear Younger Self,
As I looked in the mirror this morning I saw you again like I always do when I am having one of my rough days. I see you and your genuine bright smile, with your two little puff ball pigtails that are so tight that its pulling back the skin on your forehead.
* I let my long braids down and pull half of them up
I look back up to the mirror and see my younger self but this time looking down at her stomach with a frown. This was a familiar frown the one I would see a lot when I would feel uncomfortable in my own skin and body. I knock on the mirror to get her attention, she looks back up with a tear running down her cheek, I say...
" It's okay, you are perfect, no need to cry".
She looks at me and wipes the tear away, and gives me a little smirk.
* I look down once again to wash my hands and I hear a knock, I look up.
My younger self has managed to write on the mirror LOST. And I see in her worried eyes the stress and the anger of doing school work and not being able to succeed and feeling like she's going to fail. I whisper to her..
" You'll make it through, just gotta take one step at a time"
* I go to wash my face and come up from the faucet to wipe away the water.
This time I see my younger self smiling at me bigger than ever and she looks at me and waves "good-bye." I do the same back.
Younger Self, I thank you for coming back to me here and there and reminding me to strive on no matter how hard the obstacle is. I thank you for holding on when were both struggling. Younger self you have helped me become a bigger and stronger person, and I thank you for that.
Sincerely,
Me.
