Dear Me,

Oh, if only the "me" of today could have met and talked to the "me" of years gone by...

I would have told her...
~ Be Patient.
~ Cherish your parents, because they were chosen specifically for you and they love you more than you will ever know.
~ Spend more time with your grandparents.  Ask more about them, and hug them more.
~ Enjoy being a kid and living under the same roof with your siblings.  One day you will miss the days when they were just down the hall.
~ Be patient.
~ High school really isn't important in the whole scheme of your life, and the heartbreak you feel now is something you won't even remember in the not-so-distant future.
~ Go to college when you are young... you will be grateful for it later.
~ Be Patient.
~ Yes, he IS "the one" and it will be SO, SO worth it when he finally makes you his wife!!
~ And yes, he will make you his wife=)
~ Don't waste your money on birth control.
~ You ARE meant to be a mother, but it won't come the way you think, or on your time frame. When it does come though, it will be  better than you ever imagined! 
~ Be patient.
~ Apartment living won't last forever.  One day you will have a beautiful home.
~ Travel as much as you can.
~ You have A LOT to learn - you don't know everything!
~ Work hard, because the day will come when you will pay off the debt, and you can afford to stay home with your baby, but you need to earn it first.  You need to appreciate what a blessing that is.
~ Be patient.  Your life will be bliss one day...one day soon.  You need these trials to be able to appreciate the beauty that will be your life.  Be patient and you will know pure joy.

My life certainly has not been what I expected, or at times, even what I probably deserve.  But it is BLISS and I know pure joy every day!