- 12:01 AM, Sunday,
September 28th, 2021:
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- Oh hon.. how are
you 9. Let's get the song out of the way so I can
unload my thoughts...
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- Dear
Vienna,
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- Nine is a big
deal. It's the halfway point for one... and it's the
age I truly remember being "me". I wonder if that's
delayed with you because you haven't been in school
for nearly 2 years - but it will skyrocket once you
are. The reason? You're old enough to have a grasp of
who you are and young enough to be able to focus on
that without hormones interrupting
EVERY WAKING MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE.
When I look back on my life 9-12 was amazing.
That's when I established nearly every trait that was
truly me... then I had an orgasm and fought with that
urge for nearly ten years until I was married and
could find the balance again. Now, it's not like I
wasn't doing "me" stuff during that time, I certainly
was, but ages 9-12 was so laser focused on creating,
playing piano, singing, writing poems... making board
games... making videos. Jordan, movies.. tv shows.
SCHOOL. I just remember these years so much. 3rd-6th
grade was just magical. Then it shifts and... to be
fair it's a fun shift. Sex is indeed a part of you and
finding THAT part of you is also magical - but it's
very hard to balance and right now you don't have to.
You get to just figure your shit out and man you're
certainly doing it.
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- You at 9 will be
you at 19. I know it. I can see the young woman
you're becoming with everything you create. Hell even
the way you fight with Cam is uniquely "you". Am I
writing that because you're fighting with him
RIGHT NOW? Of course I am, but still. LMFAO.
I adore you and how effortlessly you embrace
being weird. It's such a fantastic trait. One I will
protect forever. I know you'll have days and
periods of time where you won't want to be that
anymore, but you'll weather those storms and find your
place I'm certain. It's not like your weirdness comes
from some innocence that you'll have ripped from you -
no you're pretty aware of the shittiness of the world
around us. Living through a Trump era will do that to
ya. But you meet that with new ideas and
"outside-the-box" thinking that is wildly refreshing.
I just cherish the hell out of you and am so excited
for you to get back to school in a couple weeks and
TAKE OFF. Man I feel like you're gonna burst
through those doors and just takeover.
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- I can't wait.
Happy birthday V! We are infinitely proud of
you.
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- Adam
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