It wasn't until we moved into our new home in 2006 that I found it again. It was addressed to me with explicit instructions not to open until my birthday 2005. It was now 2006 so I decided to open it. This is what it said:
Dear Sherri
By the time you read this you will be 30. At the age of 18 I had so many hopes and dreams about where you'd be, what you'd be doing and with whom you'd spend your life with.
Right now I hope that you have traveled and seen everything you've always wanted to, both in Canada and overseas, and maybe even settled down somewhere in Australia doing some research in the field of biology (genetics.
I hope you're married to the man of your dreams. The man of mine is Gwynn. He is originally from South Africa (another place I wish to visit.
You'll probably have two children of your own – a girl(Michaela Anne and a boy (name yet to be decided.
If everything goes according to plan you'll be living in Australia in a big house in a small town outside of a big city with a lot of land, a dog, Gwynn and your two beautiful children. Hopefully you have a career in the medical field, maybe doing research in genetics. Gwynn will be a computer programmer and you will be doing alright for yourselves.
However, if things don't go according to plan for you, I wish you all the love, happiness and joy in the world and don't settle for anything less than the best since that is absolutely what you deserve.
Live long, be happy and live life to it's fullest.
Love Sherri "18″
When I read this for the first time since writing it I was floored. Even now having dug this up again another 4 years later I still can't help but think this is really cool.
So much of what I wanted for myself has materialized.
I did travel to a few more places in Canada although I haven't seen everything I'd like to.I did marry the man of my dreams and yes he still is my one and only.I've traveled to the UK, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. I lived in Australia for nearly 4 years in a big house, in a small suburb, in a major city (close enough. I had a career in Biology in the field of genetics for 10 years.I have two lovely kids – both boys (names now decided.
I have not one dog but two dogs. Both yellow labs from Australia.Gwynn is a computer programmer. We are doing okay for ourselves.
After writing this I quickly forgot about what I had put in here actually. The things that materialized were all met with quite a bit of resistance (all internal but I suppose these were things that I really did want. Having never strayed too far from home overseas travel was a huge deal. Having never been away from my family moving to Australia for several years was an incredibly huge decision.
I find it fascinating how the dreams of a young and naive little girl can become a grown woman's reality.
I'm curious if you guys have ever written anything to your future self and how it stacks up to your current reality. If you haven't, will you join me in writing a letter now to yourself in say 10 years from now? It's an interesting little experiment.
我喜欢的节日有很多,比如儿童节、中秋节、元宵节等,但我最喜欢的还是春节。
春节是我国最隆重的节日,大年三十那一天,每家每户都喜气洋洋,挂灯笼,放鞭炮,热闹非凡。人们买的鞭炮各不相同,有荷花的、飞机的、大炮的、坦克的……孩子们先燃放一些小鞭炮,然后就等大人们燃放大鞭炮了。最美丽的当然要数烟花了,为首的人一说:“放!”人们就同时点燃烟花,不同颜色的烟花一个比一个好看,一个比一个造型奇特。等烟花在空中“消失”了,人们就回到家中享用丰盛的年夜饭。
春节里每个人家必须要吃饺子,还可以做一些自己喜欢的食物,比如:年糕、长寿面、元宵等。而且吃年夜饭也是有讲究的,要慢慢地吃,一边守岁,一边看春晚。
最高兴的是小朋友们了,因为每当过春节的时候,长辈就会给晚辈压岁钱,不管是拿钱的人还是给钱的人都很开心。过年给压岁钱既表现了长辈对晚辈的.关爱,也表现了晚辈对长辈的尊敬。
春节是我最喜爱的节日,大概也是大家最喜爱的节日,让我们好好珍惜每一天,好好珍惜每个节日,快乐、健康地成长。
说起来,我向来讨厌节日。过年虽有压岁钱好拿,但是这也客串那也客串。我,失望了。没有自己玩的时间,没有自己的自在日子。况且我们这里一点也不热闹,还要硬着头皮走亲戚。
不过我倒是想着国庆节的,切盼望着他来。不仅是假长,还有就是我那盼望已久的“献花圈仪式”空军,海军,陆军一起整整齐齐的,多好啊。可惜困扰着我的作业人尚完成,怎么办啊,谁晓得!多少有点鲁迅当年看戏前他父亲叫他背书那样的懊恼情绪。不过家父尚通情达理,还是让我看去了罢。虽然晓得他是受不了我的胡搅蛮缠,但是我却是万分欣喜的谢过了。
我想,我这个国庆还是愉快的,在庄严的国旗下激动的敬了好几次礼。这面红旗是当年先辈们付出多大的代价得来的呵,现在,就不必担心旗子再被抢走。庄严着,有什么声音能从这儿淌过?电视上的少先队员好荣幸啊,我什么时候也能去现场看看?
花圈摆开了,没有血红的颜色。只有静静的白,在照耀着他们。注视着,亦或是积蓄已久了吗?呵呵,应该肃立一点啊。队伍走过了——迈着庄严的八字步。哪个人不心潮澎湃呵,有或许是没有,不,真的有。几个较高的领导过后,几个不知名的人,抿着微笑,从雕像前缓缓走过,没有正视着雕像,一副无所谓却硬要扯着庄重的形象。我怒,怀着几进复杂的心情,写下“祖国血仇难忘怀,八日放假敬先辈。雕像面前抿微笑,有何国耻心中言?”愉快的是愉快的,打开QQ全是爱国的豪言壮语。同学们,好样的啊!
国庆,这个也不晓得让人愉快还是愤怒的节日,但不管怎样。还得敬重他。我最喜欢的节日,就是他罢。有多喜欢,我不晓得,我只知道,10月1日过后,我会盼着下一个国庆节的来临。
我看妈妈正在切菜,我说:“妈妈,我来帮您切菜吧,”妈妈说:“哎呦!小宝贝,别切着你的手还是妈妈来切吧。”我说:“妈妈,切菜对于我来说是小菜一碟,”妈妈说:“好吧,你试试看,小心一点啊”于是,我小心翼翼的开始切菜。看着很简单的事情原来也不容易啊,菜让我切的`大的大小的小形状各异,还差点切着我的小手。吃晚饭,我抢先当上了刷碗工,呵呵!这回我可是落下妈妈了。妈妈笑咪咪的看着我问:“你今天这是怎么啦?又切菜又刷碗的?”我说:“妈妈,今天是你的节日,我要帮你干点家务,我不光帮你切菜,洗碗我还要帮你洗衣服呢!”妈妈说:“那就洗你和妈妈的袜子吧!”于是,我把袜子泡在水里,拿来肥皂准备开始洗袜子。我捞起一只袜子搓上肥皂使劲搓起来,袜子上的污渍怎么也搓不下去,我有点不耐烦了问妈妈:“这袜子怎么那么难洗?”妈妈说:“还不是你平常拿袜子当鞋穿,整天地上跑来跑去的好洗才怪呢!”“哦,是这么回事,”我边搓别感觉很累,歇了一会儿继续洗。看着妈妈旁边的一堆衣服想:“这些衣服要是我洗得洗到什么时候啊?”袜子终于洗完了,看了看洗的不太干净的袜子心里有点过意不去,心想:“以后一定多注意点卫生让妈妈少洗点衣服”
洗完衣服妈妈搂着我笑着说:“我的小宝贝又长大了在学校学到了很多的知识也学会了成长”我虽然很累但是心里跟喝了蜜一样的甜。同学们你们一定也要多体谅妈妈,她为我们的成长付出了很多,我们要少让妈妈生气呦?
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