Dear Erin (circa 2000),
Hey there friend, I am writing to you today from the wonderful year of 2015!! That's right, you are almost
Anyway, I don't want to spend this whole time talking about SciFi, though you really should have been truer to your inner nerd when you were younger, nerds are a total thing right now and you would have fit in better in high school now then you did in the late 90's and early 2000's. This whole letter is to let you know things you wished you had known 15 years ago. There is so much that is going to happen to you from college to adulthood that if I wrote it all down, you wouldn't believe me. I hate to tell you this young naive Erin, life isn't easy, and it gets harder with each year instead of easier. Though, I must say you brought a lot of your issues on yourself.
Know this, you are smart and you really should apply yourself more than you do.
- You are talented and you should really practice writing a lot more, so it isn't so hard to do when you are 32 and trying to write the next best American Novel.
- You are caring, but people are going to see you as weak and you'll become weak, don't.
- Stand up for yourself, but don't become a bitch, it isn't you even if you try.
- Don't gossip, not that you do it a lot anyway, but it isn't nice and you don't need that kind of drama.
- School, especially college, is important finishing on time will make your life a lot easier than you think.
- Hug your mom and dad and appreciate them more than you do now, as you get older so do Howard and Dee and their days are numbered, Not to be mean but you need to know that they aren't always going to be there.
- Talking about family, spend some more time with Grandmom Dot, she is a link to your past and you'll want to know her stories.
- Forgive those who have been mean to you in high school, what they think really doesn't matter once you're out of high school.
- Don't sell yourself short, you deserve happiness but not someone who is only going to make your life harder than it should be.
- Wear a seat belt, it comes in handy.
- Love and never be ashamed about who you love and why.
There are a couple things I want to tell you, you are a mom!! You have amazing children one of which will have some issues but you are on top of it, never ever let other people think that they know your children better than you do. They truly are amazing, a true gift from God and the first one will bring you out of a very dark place.
You need to make better life choices, you don't know everything though you may think you do. Step back and really look and weigh your options.
Lastly, there is no flying cars, or hover boards (Damn it) but technology explodes, and it'll be amazing. MTV still doesn't play music videos, N'SYNC isn't around, but Justin Timberlake is (and no you don't marry him). The best TV show you'll ever watch starts in a few years, and most people don't get it, but you do. Music is better in the 90's, believe me. You'll love and get hurt, you'll lose yourself but you'll start finding yourself again. But most of all, through every good thing and bad thing you keep your sweet, optimistic, and caring self. That is who matters, she is the one that will guide you.
The future is yours for the taking, don't let anyone dim your sparkle,
Erin L. (still) Hewitt
PS. This (#) is no longer a pound sign or a tic-tac-toe board in 2015, it's a "hashtag", and it annoys the crap out of you, suck it up buttercup #getoverit.
