I have the honor and blessing of being an aunt to the 2 most stubborn, amazing, girls Hanna and Darian. My brother's daughter Hanna has red hair and is the funniest little person and is a mother hen to my boys especially David. Darian is in between Andrew and David in age and is my brother in law Duane's daughter. I am a mother of boys but with that comes the need to pass on your words of wisdom and advice to some special girl. I am so lucky that I will have a special relationship with my neices that no one else will have. My thing is letters, my cousins Krister and Jan have daughter's Mikaela and Moa and after both of them visited a few years ago on separate occssions I wrote them letter's in my bad Swedish spelling with my words of wisdom...they were teenagers at the time and now I await to give Hanna and Darian their letters. Today I share them with you...
There are a few things about life that I have learned and I would like to share them with you today.
· Firstly family is the most important thing you have ...when one is little, when you are a teenager, even when you are a thirty year old woman and even if they are a pain in the ass sometimes.
· Keep and cherish some real great girlfriends you don’t need a whole pile you need someone to stand up to you and call you on your shit, someone who has known you forever, someone you can call at 3:00 in the morning for anything, someone who will pat your back when you need it and someone who will pull you down onto the ground when your head gets to high up in the clouds, someone who can make you laugh and forget about your own crisis even if its for just a little while they are all important they can be one and the same or 3 or 4.
· Boys: Know that you are important and never let anyone tell or treat you any different. Never be afraid to stick up for yourself or say what you think, stay true to yourself, don’t change for anyone in the end it won’t work
· Remember that sometimes all you gotta do is shut up and listen.
· Sadness is good sometimes it teaches us how to appreciate the joy in life.
· Relationships are work and constantly changing.
· No one will stand up for you if you don’t stand up for yourself.
· You will need to have your heartbroken a few times to know what love really feels like.
· Take care of yourself and love yourself.
· Take a chance sometime in life do something totally different and do it yourself.
· You can feel sorry for yourself once in a while but know there are many people worse off than you.
· There is time for work and time for play.
· Don’t ever forget where you came from but never let it decide our path.
· Read, read, read, about everything and never be afraid to ask questions.
· Never be afraid to try something new even if it means changing your toilet.
· Don’t forget to sometimes stop, breathe and take it all in.
· Never be ashamed about your decisions in life good or bad they are a learning experience.
· Try all kinds of jobs and be open to learning form them and respect the people that do them for life, I have flagged, worked in a factory, put in phone lines, worked as a PSW, worked as a manager in an office, I have worked in stores, in a library, as a waitress, in a women’s shelter, I learned lessons from each one of my jobs and I have the utmost respect the people that do these jobs for a living
· Firstly family is the most important thing you have ...when one is little, when you are a teenager, even when you are a thirty year old woman and even if they are a pain in the ass sometimes.
· Keep and cherish some real great girlfriends you don’t need a whole pile you need someone to stand up to you and call you on your shit, someone who has known you forever, someone you can call at 3:00 in the morning for anything, someone who will pat your back when you need it and someone who will pull you down onto the ground when your head gets to high up in the clouds, someone who can make you laugh and forget about your own crisis even if its for just a little while they are all important they can be one and the same or 3 or 4.
· Boys: Know that you are important and never let anyone tell or treat you any different. Never be afraid to stick up for yourself or say what you think, stay true to yourself, don’t change for anyone in the end it won’t work
· Remember that sometimes all you gotta do is shut up and listen.
· Sadness is good sometimes it teaches us how to appreciate the joy in life.
· Relationships are work and constantly changing.
· No one will stand up for you if you don’t stand up for yourself.
· You will need to have your heartbroken a few times to know what love really feels like.
· Take care of yourself and love yourself.
· Take a chance sometime in life do something totally different and do it yourself.
· You can feel sorry for yourself once in a while but know there are many people worse off than you.
· There is time for work and time for play.
· Don’t ever forget where you came from but never let it decide our path.
· Read, read, read, about everything and never be afraid to ask questions.
· Never be afraid to try something new even if it means changing your toilet.
· Don’t forget to sometimes stop, breathe and take it all in.
· Never be ashamed about your decisions in life good or bad they are a learning experience.
· Try all kinds of jobs and be open to learning form them and respect the people that do them for life, I have flagged, worked in a factory, put in phone lines, worked as a PSW, worked as a manager in an office, I have worked in stores, in a library, as a waitress, in a women’s shelter, I learned lessons from each one of my jobs and I have the utmost respect the people that do these jobs for a living
-Take responsibility for your actions and mistakes, learn from them and move on.
- Bad things happen to good people all the time...if something bad happens to you don't dwell in it and don't keep using it as a crutch for bad behaviour
-remember you always have a choice even if it is as simple as gtting out of bed in the morning
· You can rely on others but the one you rely on the most is yourself.
· You cannot be all things to all people.
· You will never be good at everything.
· Love and respect your parents.
· Love and respect your siblings there may come a day what you only have each other.
· You will always have a home in my house and no matter what you do who you become I will always love you.
· The most important Tjejer är bäst. Learned from Kalle my uncle in Sweden. Girls are the best.
· You can rely on others but the one you rely on the most is yourself.
· You cannot be all things to all people.
· You will never be good at everything.
· Love and respect your parents.
· Love and respect your siblings there may come a day what you only have each other.
· You will always have a home in my house and no matter what you do who you become I will always love you.
· The most important Tjejer är bäst. Learned from Kalle my uncle in Sweden. Girls are the best.
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