A Cup of Tea With Me

Dear Melissa, (early 1980’s)

I know you do not like to be called that, but one of these days you will shudder at the name “Missy.” So just listen to what I have to tell you, anyway.

I am you, all grown up. I wanted to tell you that you will make mistakes. You will feel awful about them. I need you to know that all the mistakes you have made and will make will develop the woman you become. Do not change anything, thinking it will make your life better in the future. You have a hard road ahead of you. There will be times when you want to give up. Do not. The rewards you will have later in life are worth all that you will go through now, to earn them.

I am the almost 37 year old you, who is mom to two wonderful boys. Wife to an amazing man. I have a life and a purpose. You will feel lost. You will feel helpless and hopeless.

I thought about writing you and telling you to stay away from this place or this thing. To not look into certain things, but beloved, those things will make you into me. I would not change me for anything. Every pain, every heartache, while hard when you are going through them, has shaped my heart, my life.

I do not want to give away too much, just know that you do have a purpose in this world, and it is not what you are thinking right now. Do not fret the mistakes. Remember, the best in your life is yet to come.

Love,
Melissa

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