#Hey19YearOldMe
Last week I ran across a trending hashtag #Hey19YearOldMe on Twitter. I found it surprisingly fitting, as I had made a lot of choices in my teen years that would shape and mold my future...good or bad. My husband and I were just a couple of kids when we met at the tender age of 15. We had no idea what love was and in fact rarely saw each other during those first few months of dating. He lived in a small town outside of my hometown and meeting up was mostly timed around a group gathering or event. I didn't know at the time, he would be my forever and I his.
We had our son when we were 16 years old, the summer before my sophomore year. Then came the twins just 7 months after I walked the stage to get my high school diploma. The odds were not in our favor. Statistically, I would not graduate with a college degree and somewhere along the way I should've fallen to the title "single mom". As you can imagine the layers of judgement ran thick those first few years and well into our early 20's. We were a couple of kids raising kids, who didn't know better. We would never amount to anything and our minimum wage jobs would hardly make ends meet.
Fast forward nearly 21 years later and we have beaten the odds! Our journey didn't come easy. We have failed, struggled, and fought many times over the last 2 decades. But, we faced those hurdles together and united we were able to overcome them. I often say we are Thankful Grateful Blessed and I mean it. We have 3 healthy loving adult children, a spunky grandson, successful thriving careers, a place we call Home, and a life I couldn't have ever imagined.
So my response was simple and easy...
#Hey19YearOldMe don't worry about being judged, you'll prove them all wrong! You won't go to law school and that's OK. They'll grow up fast, enjoy every moment. He is the one and he'll work hard to prove it!
We had our son when we were 16 years old, the summer before my sophomore year. Then came the twins just 7 months after I walked the stage to get my high school diploma. The odds were not in our favor. Statistically, I would not graduate with a college degree and somewhere along the way I should've fallen to the title "single mom". As you can imagine the layers of judgement ran thick those first few years and well into our early 20's. We were a couple of kids raising kids, who didn't know better. We would never amount to anything and our minimum wage jobs would hardly make ends meet.
Fast forward nearly 21 years later and we have beaten the odds! Our journey didn't come easy. We have failed, struggled, and fought many times over the last 2 decades. But, we faced those hurdles together and united we were able to overcome them. I often say we are Thankful Grateful Blessed and I mean it. We have 3 healthy loving adult children, a spunky grandson, successful thriving careers, a place we call Home, and a life I couldn't have ever imagined.
So my response was simple and easy...
#Hey19YearOldMe don't worry about being judged, you'll prove them all wrong! You won't go to law school and that's OK. They'll grow up fast, enjoy every moment. He is the one and he'll work hard to prove it!
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