Tonight I went through my “special things” drawer and I stumbled upon a note that my mom had written to me 5 or 6 years ago. I know a lot of young girls are on this app because they don’t have someone to talk to about the bad stuff, so I’d like to share my moms advice with you all.

The night before she wrote this letter to me, I remember coming home SOBBING. Like uncontrollable crying because my world was shattered. The thing is, though, I don’t have a clear memory of what shattered it.

I had a friend who had been my best friend since we were tiny babies and we had a crush on each other off and on. Eventually, I had been integrated into his new high school friend group, although we went to different schools. This particular night, I remember going to a football game at their high school with another friend of mine and some girls were mean to me and the boys that I spent the entire summer with pretended that I didn’t exist. However, I can’t piece together who exactly was there or what was said or done.

I guess the point of this post is that a lot of your end of the world shit doesn’t matter. I know it matters when it happens, but stand up for yourself and then shake it off. Like my mom says, never EVER have friends that don’t make you feel good about yourself. Don’t waste time on people you don’t trust. And please don’t be the nice guy just to keep the peace. Cut the toxic friend out, say fuck you to the boy that breaks your heart, and for God’s sake go crawl into your mom’s bed when you cry.

Edit: HAK is what we say for “hugs and kisses” 😂