Dear Laura
I know you’re anxious to be off into the world after such a cloistered existence but going over the wall is not the answer.
In so many ways you’re an adult beyond your years and in many others, much younger than 16, so the outside world is going to eat you up, just like that big, bad wolf.
The tattered remains of your childhood may not be much of a comfort blanket but that does not mean you need to panic. Besides, it doesn’t matter whether you’re running towards or away, the terrors will always pursue you.
Better to stride out having planned your journey, more than one step at a time. Even better, seek fellow travellers instead of being so self-reliant and then falling by the wayside where only passing vagrants can help you along.
You’ll need much more sustenance before you set out – why don’t you sleep on it?
With love now and always
Me
p.s. Did anyone ever tell you just how precious you are?
October 18, 2012 at 8:18 am
A very wise letter…
October 18, 2012 at 9:10 am
thank you – wondering if I would have listened!
October 19, 2012 at 12:04 am
Isn’t it funny how in our youth we felt alone…and as we get older we wish we’d have realized just how loved we really were? Love your letter to yourself. I, too, am one of those self reliant types. It’s hard to break that habit.
October 19, 2012 at 6:35 am
youth is a tendency for solitary introversion and self reliance. Hard to drop as we mature ;)