Dear daughter,

 

I am writing this to you as I am barely just experiencing life

This is so I can connect to you more as an individual

Cause I know as I get older my memories of being a teen will fade

And will be replace with the stubbornness all adults get at a certain age

You are probably wondering what so-called “Yoda advice” I am to going supply to you, today

Well, I don’t have any

Like you are right now, I am lost

But it doesn’t mean you cannot use this to dig yourself out of your hole

 

 I am about 16-17 right now

And no, there is no dinosaurs around

I am just putting myself out there

And letting the world see me as I am

And to be honest I am scared

Your grandmother and your great grandparents don’t think I can make it in this world

They constantly remind me that a true Mexican daughter will always stay at home

I don’t want that for you

I don’t want you to believe that you can never go far

So even though I just graduated my sophomore year of high school,

 I am applying for scholarships

 

Everyone has always told me that I have a way with the pen

That I can create worlds and allow the reader to connect with these amazing characters

(and I hope being my daughter you will inherit that talent from your mommy, but if you don’t that’s fine)

Being a disable person that is the best thing you can hear

That you are great at something

That you are not a failure

A mistake

Once you find out what you are good at

You proudly wear it as if it was a medal of honor

But even passions will fade at some point

As you get older you will see that there are many roads to take

Singer, athlete, scientist, poet, etc.

And this can be confusing

Even I at some points thought writing isn’t for me

“well she/he is better than I am at writing”

“if I am not the best then what I am I?”

“oh! I messed up this sentence here! Why am I such an idiot!”

 Life will try to make you believe that

Just because someone is better than you that

You cannot be something

And to be honest

I suffer from envy all the time

It is my greatest flaw

And I hope you never compare yourself to others like your mom did

One thing I refuse to compare to other peoples’ work was

 my poetry

Oh, how I love to write epics and sonnets

Although free verse was my favorite

 

In free verse the is no rules to tie you down

No comma there

Or period there

None of the rules had to apply

And I loved that

All I had to do was write

About my day

Or about my feelings

I could even write about my dog if I wanted to!

With this type of writing all I have to do is be me

I cannot describe to you how amazing that is

To be free from a society that expects you to be one thing and only one thing

to be able to express yourself without everyone you love picking on you

because your different

I hope I never do that to you

May god struck me with lighting if I do!

Poetry is my only time to be me

 

So my child, whatever way you choose to express yourself

Do it

Expose yourself to the world

Let them see who you really are

And if they do not accept you

Then accept yourself

 

Remember this

When you are my age

Writing about yourself

To earn money to achieve your dreams

Because I was here too

I know what it is like to be lost

And I know I will not be lost forever

All I need to do is be me

Free without the constricting rules of society

 

Love,

Your future mother