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Yesterday at my journaling class one of the writing choices was to pen a letter your younger self. Here is what I had to say to my 13-year-old Michelle:

Dear Little Big Daddy,

I know you are only 13 right now but listen up. It's for your own good. Clean your room. Nobody in your family is really organized. Teach yourself. Take pride in yourself and your things. That's how to attract more to you.

Stop procrastinating and do your homework. I know you are bored and have trouble paying attention. Tell a grownup you have ADD. Trust me. It's a thing now. And do your homework - personally. Stop letting your brothers do it for you. I know it sounds insane. But there will come a time when you will wish that you had paid attention in school - especially in English. Oh and learn to read a map. Believe me. You look stupid when you have no idea where shit is.

Pick one thing you want to do and be the best at it. I don't care what it is. Just pick one. The "Jack of all trades" stuff only works in the movies. Be the champ of something. Be forewarned though. If you pick basketball we don't have the height or the ligaments for it. You will blow you knee out exactly four years from now. It will be a big waste of time. So unless you want to get really good at tennis or golf! know that we were not born in era where there are careers for women in sports.

Don't waste any time whatsoever ever. I know it seems important to get to the next screen on Pac Man. But it is not. Save your retinas for the video games of today. Wait until you see them! And write thank you notes. It pisses me of when little shits don't write me a thank you note for all the crap I send them. Seriously just be as normal as you can despite your family. Put your toys away. And wash a dish every now and then. You know what I mean?

Now let's get to the big stuff. There is going to be a lot of shit that goes down in the Catholic Church throughout your lifetime. So watch out how much energy you put into all that's. Oh an as far as the Catholic guilt goes, you will learn a whole new way of thinking when you are my age. You are not going to get out of Catholic school. But keep in the back of your head that there is a better way. 

Don't do things unless you really want to do them. That is how to stay in the flow of the universe. On those bad days when people get flat tires or catch the flu bug, most likely it is because they were out doing something they didn't want to do. So don't get manipulated. What's manipulation? You know how mom says that your cousin Gaye makes the best potato salad in the whole world? That's because she wants Gaye to make the potato salad for your picnic. Don't fall for that - from anybody.

As far as the nuns go they are mostly unhappy and full of shit. Work around them. But they are right about one thing: DO NOT HAVE SEX UNTIL YOU ARE A GROWN UP! I'll explain later.

Love,

The Big One