I read this somewhere, on a kid's blog actually... 14 is still a kid, I don't want them to grow old ever! These kids are so smart now you can't tell them a thing, but hey look at what one of them got for a quote. I like it.
When I was 14 (here we go...like how my mom tells it) ... I wasn't into boys yet, (that's how my mom tells it ...) ugh, yes, I was into boys, crushing on nerds and the quiet types, I wasn't into athletes ... I was more drawn to boys who were quiet and lanky...I mean tall and lanky, no muscles, no rock bands and no gangs. Though of course they were always the good looking ones, I just never thought of dating one... OR I wasn't asked to date one. Haha. I was tall and boyish, I was never the queen of anything, I was with big hair and crooked teeth that my friends now gasp in seeing me like I had a head transplant or something sooo dramatic they wouldn't believe I am ME. Of course I'm ME. I just went to a really good dentist and got these really expensive veneers and I now use a shampoo that I chose and not what's in the house for the whole family to use back then :)
But all the while when I was a teen, I never thought I wasn't cool. Though there were times that I wish I was more popular or prettier, I wasn't into that by the time I was 14 I've made really good friends that are like my sisters up to now. But I also had a time when I didn't know who I was and what I'd be in school without a group to be with, I was 13 and had to literally work my way up to be friends with these pretty, popular girls, doing crazy, stupid things like powdering my nose every 4 seconds ... and doing their projects. I was such a loser at that time when I wanted to be friends with these people who aren't even that nice to me. Who'd date the boy I like just to prove that they could have what they want and I can't. sucks right? ... But a year later, I met new friends... I wasn't all that popular but I wasn't slacking in school. I got into art, into sports, into music, into the school paper ... the works. I was a geek, but we don't care. We were having so much fun being together, that we knew we'd be friends FOREVER and that we are.
I think that today's kids are really smart, they know what they want and they'll do it. I'm 29 now and what I did when I was 14 made me who I am... I still don't think I'm all that BIG deal, but I know I'm grounded, I know where my values are and I know what kind of choices to make. We all learn that while we were young, while we were easily forgiven for a mistake ...It's way different now, you make a mistake, you pay for it really gooood. People don't forget easily when you're a grown up making all these bad choices. They will tear you up, they will give you sleepless nights, they will never forget and everything will seem different. How I wish we could all be resilient like kids...We make a mistake and then we try to forgive and be friends again. BUT then, make sure the mistake isn't intentional because that's not the same.
I want us all to be fair to each other, to be loving and giving. I don't care if you're pretty or popular or if you're rich, I have no issues with that SINCE I WAS 14, I've seen enough of that... you can be all that flashy but tell me what you really are and I'll tell you if you're worth it.
Have a good day bloggies!
with much love,
Sassy
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