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my aunts birthday
Dear Lauren,
wow! how did you get to be 18 alreadi? it seems that yesterday i was 18 finishing up high school. time passes faster and faster the older you get.
Heres some addive from your aunt, the one who is the queen of big mistakes, but the one who always lands on her feel, and the one who adores you.
Life has all kinds of opportunities and challenges for you. youre a woman of the 21st century and doors will be open for you that were not open for me or your mother when we were your age. we have had to pave the way for the younger generation- women are taken much more seriously now than they were 30 years ago. lucky you.
you have the combination that will get you far; as far as you want. you are gorgeous, sweet, and strong. thats a combination that few women possess. as you work your way through life, please remember that you dont need a man or anyone else to take care of you. YOU can take care of yourself. be independent and learn all you can so that you never have to be with someone for the wrong reasons. learn to earn your own money, be your own person, make your own decisions. never, ever let a man think that you need him to take care of you. you are equal to any man. i want you to make sound decisions based on that right reasons.
I know you are very close to andrew and 1 hope that things work out for you two. you are both young and you may or may not end up together. just take some time for lauren. work on being the best, smartest, most successful person you can be, independent of him or anyone else. get a great job when youre done with college, buy a home or rent a cool apartment and get to know yourself, inside and out before you make any real commitment to any man.
I sold myself short when i was your age, and i paod for my mistake for years and ended up hurting so many people who shouldnt have been hurt. before i know who i really was, i found myself in a second unhappy marriage, raising a small child, and having no marketable skills and no way to support myself. all because i thought i needed someone to take care of me and because i was afraid to get out into the world and be who i was capable of being.
I was lucky, though and was able to prove to myself and the world that i could make it on my own! i had my college education to fall back on, got my real estate license and worked as hard as i could. Today, i have a dream job that lets me support myself and scott in a great way, and i have a wonderful marriage to someone i truely love and feel i am an equal to.
I told you this because i love you and because i see so much of myself in you. dont make the same mistakes i made. reach for the stars and become a strong, independent woman who is confident in everything she does. once you learn to depend on lauren and know that you are the only one who can make yourself happy, you will be ready to share your life with someone else.
I am so proud to be your aunt. have a wonderful birthday and a wonderful life. to me.
ill touch more on this later. i have mucho homework to do now, but i just had to type that. im just hoping that some girl thats going through the same as me happens to come across this journal and read that. this has been my first happy cry in a while.
Dear Lauren,
wow! how did you get to be 18 alreadi? it seems that yesterday i was 18 finishing up high school. time passes faster and faster the older you get.
Heres some addive from your aunt, the one who is the queen of big mistakes, but the one who always lands on her feel, and the one who adores you.
Life has all kinds of opportunities and challenges for you. youre a woman of the 21st century and doors will be open for you that were not open for me or your mother when we were your age. we have had to pave the way for the younger generation- women are taken much more seriously now than they were 30 years ago. lucky you.
you have the combination that will get you far; as far as you want. you are gorgeous, sweet, and strong. thats a combination that few women possess. as you work your way through life, please remember that you dont need a man or anyone else to take care of you. YOU can take care of yourself. be independent and learn all you can so that you never have to be with someone for the wrong reasons. learn to earn your own money, be your own person, make your own decisions. never, ever let a man think that you need him to take care of you. you are equal to any man. i want you to make sound decisions based on that right reasons.
I know you are very close to andrew and 1 hope that things work out for you two. you are both young and you may or may not end up together. just take some time for lauren. work on being the best, smartest, most successful person you can be, independent of him or anyone else. get a great job when youre done with college, buy a home or rent a cool apartment and get to know yourself, inside and out before you make any real commitment to any man.
I sold myself short when i was your age, and i paod for my mistake for years and ended up hurting so many people who shouldnt have been hurt. before i know who i really was, i found myself in a second unhappy marriage, raising a small child, and having no marketable skills and no way to support myself. all because i thought i needed someone to take care of me and because i was afraid to get out into the world and be who i was capable of being.
I was lucky, though and was able to prove to myself and the world that i could make it on my own! i had my college education to fall back on, got my real estate license and worked as hard as i could. Today, i have a dream job that lets me support myself and scott in a great way, and i have a wonderful marriage to someone i truely love and feel i am an equal to.
I told you this because i love you and because i see so much of myself in you. dont make the same mistakes i made. reach for the stars and become a strong, independent woman who is confident in everything she does. once you learn to depend on lauren and know that you are the only one who can make yourself happy, you will be ready to share your life with someone else.
I am so proud to be your aunt. have a wonderful birthday and a wonderful life. to me.
ill touch more on this later. i have mucho homework to do now, but i just had to type that. im just hoping that some girl thats going through the same as me happens to come across this journal and read that. this has been my first happy cry in a while.