My high school yearbook’s slogan the year I graduated was: “Wait, It Gets Better!” That was both an overtly cynical slam against my high school …
Dear High School Me
Dear High School Me, You have it all figured out, don’t you? It’s okay, though. You justify it by knowing that you’re still young, …
Dear High School Me
Psst! Hey, Carrie. I see you there. Stop hiding behind the locker corridors waiting for the bell to ring. You have to go to class …
Dear High School Me
Hey, me. I know you’re going through some weird, rough times. And that weirdness and roughness is going to last awhile. I know it seems …
Dear Future Me
Dear Future Me, You’re 25. That seems rather old, doesn’t it? (It probably doesn’t make you feel too great to be called old by someone who …
Dear High School Me
It’s going to be okay. Sure, right now it doesn’t feel like it, but a little birdie told me that it will be. Those kids …
Dear High School Me
Dear High School Me, Hi! Guess who? It’s me, silly. Well, you. Okay, the older you. I’m you 24 years from now. I know you’re …
Dear High School Me
Know this in your heart: Where you are now is just a stepping stone. A test of character. A small fraction of what life consists …
Dear High School Me
Dear High School Me, The person you are now is largely the person that you are still going to be more than 25 years later, …