That’s me, 15-ish, posing for one of those glamour shots everyone got in Taiwan in the 90′s (do people still do that?!?). If I could tell that girl kneeling in her Victoria’s Secret dress in the hot Taipei summer sun what I know now, I would say this: “This outfit may be important to you now, but it won’t be in a few years, and you’ll never buy clothes from Victoria’s Secret as an adult so stop staring at the catalog models every time it arrives. Your future husband is going to love your boobs, so stop wishing they were bigger. Stop thinking about your secret boyfriend back in NJ, worrying about how to pay for a Phish concert. You guys are going to break up, and you’ll never talk again, and you really won’t care. Think about being with your family, taking in the surroundings, because it’s going to be over two decades before you return to this country. It will all be different, so remember. Remember this time with your father, because he loves it here, and he will die in 2012 and you’ll never be able to ask him what he’s thinking. P.S. You’re not even going to like Phish after 1994. But keep listening to The Beatles, because they’re still amazing.”
xoxox, Lynn
The #Dear15Me Challenge is started by Dawn McCoy (host, creator of http://www.beautyfrosting.com, and lifestyle and life empowerment expert) has created a movement where we can share our stories and struggles of when we were 15-years-old – and share our hindsight vision – to encourage teens to love and accept themselves, just as they are right now at this very moment. *Helping girls tackle their teenage years with the confidence, grace, wisdom and ease we wish we’d had.* Find out more here.
SOURCE: Thick Dumpling Skin – Read entire story here.
