I am linking up with Holly & Jake today and writing a letter to my 21 year old self.

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Dear Mandy (21), 

I know that you think life is hard now and it probably isn’t going to get any better…but trust me it will. This is the year that you will make so many mistakes, date all the wrong guys, question everything about yourself, and you will still be searching for that friendship that is missing.  Here is the thing, you will find it and more if you are just patient.  It seems like life is going to pass you by and that for some reason you are still going to be stuck here in this moment forever.  This just happens to be the year that you are going to find your soul mate.  The person who fills all the holes you think you have and manages to fill the ones that you don’t even realize are there yet.  He will be the one who loves you no matter what stupid idea or situation you get yourself in.  There will never be a question of is this what I am supposed to settle for, you know you are getting more than you could ever dream of. Even though you hate the way you look, the self doubt that seems to crowd itself inside will slowly disappear when you are around him.  Even though you were always searching for a best friend who could share your love of Alanis Morrisette, the movie Grease, and someone who you just couldn’t imagine your life without……it just might be this boy!

During the next ten years you will grow up together and start your family.  It will be so hard and yet so rewarding at the same time.  The two of you are so different and come from different types of families and somehow you will make it all work.  You will cry with each other at the loss of your first dream, laugh uncontrollably at the “Hot Pocket” skit, and drive each other crazy along the way.  But you will realize on this journey that you will be sharing a life that you could never imagine.  What you think your life is going to be like and who is in your life now, all of these things will change.  But life will be ok…in fact it will be better than ok.  You will be stronger, wiser, and more confident in who you are and where you are going.

So, enjoy these next few years and cherish the fun and carefree times you will have ahead of you.  You think your best years in life are going to be your twenties, but the thirties are where the fun really begins.