Dear Past Me,

Dear Past Me,

Life isn’t easy.  In fact, you will go through more challenges than you think you can handle.  More times than once, you will want to just crawl in a hole and stay there forever. 

You will hate high school.  It’s not somewhere that you will want to go everyday.  High school is the place that you will meet the one person who single handedly stole everything from you.  Stole your childhood.  Stole your past, present, and what will feel like your future.  And stole most importantly your innocence.  You won’t know what to do for a while after he shatters your soul.  Everyday will be a constant battle and reminder of what he did to you.  Unfortunately, you will learn nothing can mask the pain.

You will have some good times though.  They may be few and far between but you will have some.  Keep those close to you, so if you feel like you can’t go on you can always look back. 

Parents, there is no way to get away from all the yelling they are going to do.  You will have to suck it up and take it.  They will yell at you on a weekly basis.  The sad part is that you will get used to it. 

Your life will be hard.  You won’t have the “cake-walk” that others have.  You’re going to have to work harder than everyone else just to try to stay afloat.  Life won’t be like the movies for you, it’s going to be a challenge.  You will learn a tremendous amount though.  And in the end, you will become a strong person.

Everything is going to feel like an eternity.  It won’t be longer than a year though.  You just need to keep your head up and survive.  When you hit rock bottom remember the only way to go is up!

Future You.