CafeMom Writing Challenge: A Letter to Your Dumb Teenage Self

Amy came up with this week's CafeMom Writing Challenge: Write a letter to yourself as a teenager.

Dear Teenage Amy (myself Amy, not the Amy I just linked to, oh never mind),

You. Must. Chill. (Do the kids still say chill? Well, probably not, but I'm guessing you haven't figured that out yet.)

You must calm down. You must be yourself. I realize you probably have no idea who you are, so you're flapping around wildly between straight-A student who pretends not to be a straight-A student so the cool kids will like her (hint: they don't, but that's okay, because HOO BOY, did their lives ever peak in high school and go downhill from there)...to a girl who is too shy to talk to anyone but is a gigantic ham in the drama club. The good news is that you aren't really any of these things in the end, but the sooner you figure that out, the happier you'll be.

Calm down. Eat something. Write something. It turns out you aren't really that shy. It turns out you are kind of funny. It turns out that straight-As in high school don't really matter much at all. Sleep with John and Brian but not Josh or any of those other boyfriends whose names I don't even remember. Man, quit with all those boyfriends. Being single at 17 does not equal a lifetime of unlovable loneliness. Again, with the calming down.

This sucks to say, but yeah. It turns out high school really will be the worst time of your life. You aren't being dramatic, even though your mom thinks you are. This also sucks to say, but moms aren't always right. You'll figure that out on September 30, 2005. Or thereabouts. Which is when life goes from "great" to "really really really awesomely great."

Love,
Amy

P.S. If one day, hypothetically speaking, you happen to own a REALLY EXPENSIVE cell phone, please don't keep it in your back pocket.

Other participants in this week's challenge:

Step On A Bug Cute

Tesa (requires a Yahoo login)

Moo's Moo

Paranoid Mama

Rebecca is Fabulous

It's My Life

Lede Me On

Amy's Magnum Opus

MomRepus

SkipLovey

Rimarama

She Likes Purple

Rura and Miss

Rain Babies

Wanna give it try? Write yourself a letter and post a link to your entry in the comments.

Got an idea for next week's challenge? Join the Secret Awesome Group of Awesome Blogging Power and post it on Monday. (One challenge per week, please, first post first served. Warranty void is challenge falls in toilet.)

Comments

[veronica]

Okay. I did it.
http://toddleddredge.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/letter-to-my-teenage-self/

[Rebecca]

lol...stupid cell phones.

[Mairlyn]

Fantastic idea. :)
http://slackermama.com/2007/09/27/dear-self/

[Lisa V]

All right, I can't resist giving assvice to anyone, even myself.

http://vindauga.typepad.com/vindauga/2007/09/dear-teen-age-l.html

[jodifur]

here's mine-
http://jodifur.blogspot.com/2007/09/letter-to-my-broken-hearted-self-12.html

[mdvelazquez]

This makes me want to start a blog, so I can write letters to my stupid adolscent self.

[MomSmoo]

This was a fun one, no?!

[DaisyCake]

chillax. That's what the kids say now.

[hello insomnia]

I'm in!

http://www.kirida.com/2007/09/letter-to-my-teenage-self.html

[Joy]

Here's Mine:http://www.doctorswife.net/the_doctors_wife/2007/09/letter-to-my-te.html

[Boni]

sent myself a letter:)

[Lisa M]

I did it!!

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-UQwb19Iyd6myoFKPAxMvg3EgH1M-?cq=1

[School of Mom]

La la! Have dunnit:
http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=schoolofmom&nextdate=9%2f30%2f2007+23%3a59%3a59.999

Sorry, I'm tech challenged, can't figure out another way to link.

[B]

http://donemamma.livejournal.com/4940.html
A little late, but here it is.

[Mrs. Who]

Here ya go. http://iknowwhereyoucanfindit.blogspot.com/

[Lucy's Mom]

I responded to your writing challenge. Found it very interesting. Thanks for the idea! Check out the results at: http://musingsfromtheleftcoast.blogspot.com/

[Aimee]

I really enjoyed thinking about this and writing myself a letter. Thanks for the idea! Here's mine:

http://smilingmama.blogspot.com/2007/10/letter-to-myself.html

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[Shama-Lama Mama]

I am way behind ya'll but I did one too!

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