Dear Allison,
It's me! Well it's you, it's us? Technically it's the future you and I'm just writing a little something something because I want to give you a heads up about a couple things that you will learn in the next few years as you grow into the beautiful young woman you are, well will be. The years that are coming will be rough but I promise you, it's not the end of the world. Here are a few tips I want you to remember.
1. You will search near and far as to were you fit in, you'll eventually figure it out, so just enjoy the journey to yourself.
2. You will make beautiful friends and with that you will lose contact with others, so enjoy their company and learn from them.
3. Your body will change in ways you didn't think possible, it's actually quite a beautiful process.
4. The media will constantly try to tell you who to be, put down the magazines and turn of the "reality" TV every once in a while.
5. You will experience things that will excite your soul, keep doing those things.
6. Heart break will not be something you only read in books, your heart will be broken and it will suck, real bad but don't you ever settle for less then what you deserve.
7. Your dreams will seem ridiculous to others, dream bigger.
8. Life will knock you down and then, knock you down again.
9. A new diet plan will come at you every single week, remember its about being healthy, not skinny.
10. You will find strength you didn't know you had, be proud.
11. You will have to fight for what you believe in, don't stop fighting.
12. Putting makeup on and getting dressed up is fun but don't lose your identity in these materialistic things.
13. As hard as it may be sometimes it cost nothing to be nice. Be on your kind grind.
14. I'm sure the girls in the magazine are nice people but their bodies are photoshopped and they pay a lot of money get their makeup done professionally every day. It's not real.
15. And even when you don't think it's possible, you will pick your head up and keep going, I promise, you'll make it out.
I could go on and on but these are just a few of the life lessons that have really stuck with me. I promise one day you'll be able to grow out that curly fro you have and people will be envious of your long locks. Yes, the acne will eventually clear up. Being tall isn't that bad, just accept that you're never going to shrink. It'll be hard some days but I want you to learn to love the skin you're in. Take care of it, be nice to yourself.
-Allison Rose
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