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A Letter To My Younger Self
CONVERSATIONS WITH MY 13 YEAR OLD SELF
There’s a song by P!nk titled “Conversations With My 13 Year Old Self” It’s on her second album, and is one of my favourite album tracks.
I mean, in reality, I don’t think there is one P!nk song that I don’t like, but there are some that speak to me a lot more than others.
This song is so interesting to me. It brings up so many important questions, and makes me think of all the things that I worried about when I was younger. I listened to it the other day, and it got me thinking…
What would I say, if I could, now, as an adult, talk to my thirteen year old self?
BACK THEN
When I was thirteen, I was being badly bullied, not just by other kids that didn’t like me, but by people that were supposed to be my friends. Now, don’t get me wrong, I did have some good friends, but what I’m trying to say is that some of the people who I had always believed to be on my side, turned out not to be.
It’s okay. I dealt with that a long time ago. The thing is, the younger me was so upset and wound up and hurt at the time. It made me wonder what words of comfort I might have given her, if I could have spoken to her, knowing what I know now.
