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.
过年了,家家户户都挂上了春联,贴上了福字,大鱼,大肉……全都摆上。孩子们穿上了新衣,尽情的追逐,尽情的玩耍。劈里啪啦的鞭炮声到处都是,为这欢快的节日增添了几分色彩。
你可别以为只有这些,还有一个传说呢!在古时候,有一个山村,那住着许多村民,他们在那安居乐业,生活的很快乐。直到有一天晚上,来了个怪兽,这个怪兽不仅吃人,还吃牲畜,它的名字叫做“年”。怪兽走后,人们整天提心吊胆,只要每年到了最后一个晚上,人们就赶着牲畜,带着小孩和老人向深山走去避难。有一次来了个长胡子老头儿,他笑嘻嘻的询问了人们为什么愁眉苦脸的原因后,说:“今天我留在这,替你们赶走那怪兽。”一位好心的老婆婆劝他走,他下定决心坚决不走,所以不管怎么劝他都没用。今天是这年的最后一个晚上了,怪兽照常来到村庄,这时长胡子老头从房子里窜了出来,手拿一串点燃了的\'鞭炮,身穿红光满面的大长袍,家家户户点燃了红光蜡烛。怪兽见词情景吓得直打哆嗦,一眨眼的功夫就逃的无影无踪了。长胡子老头摸摸胡子,笑了笑……
第二天,人们见长胡子老头安然无恙的坐在炕头上,便上前问原因,长胡子老头告诉他们,这个怪兽怕红色和巨大的响声。人们听了长胡子老头的话,从此那个叫“年”的怪兽再也没有来了。因此,人们把每年的第一天称为过年。
这就是年的来历,怎么样?这个传说很有趣吧!
水——我们的朋友 平达曾说过:“自然界的一切事物中,唯有水最珍贵。”是啊,水是我们的朋友,没有了水,就没有了我们。让我们一起与水做个好朋友吧! 水看见人们不节约用水,伤心地说:我对人类的所作所为感到不满,我为人类做了那么多的贡献,可人类总是滥用我。这样既会导致水源的\'流失,又会严重影响生态环境。 在生活中,处处都要用到水。洗菜要用水,洗车要用水,洗澡要用水??,这往往会浪费很多水。其实,请把水龙头开小一点,把废水再次利用,这样我们就能与水做好朋友了。比如:洗菜水可以浇花;洗澡水可以冲马桶??这样,不仅能节约用水,还对别的事物有好处呢! 如果水能这
样一滴一滴的节约起来,虽然不是太多,但是全世界人民都这样做,怎么会没有水呢? 人们可知道,世界上有许多地方水都很少,有些人,因为喝不上水,而死去,他们说:“请他们喝酒,不如请他们喝水。”下雨天,曾是他们最快乐的日子,他们可以用雨水洗澡,还能接水,以后用。他们把水当做奇珍异宝, 每次喝水都要去很远的井里去挑,那井里的水比黄河水还浑浊,比海水还难喝。由此可见,他们是多么爱水啊!如果我们能节约用水,他们的生
活难道会这样吗? 不节约用水,不但会导致水源的流失,还会影响生态环境。 有些工厂既不节约用水,还排放污水放到河流中,这样,水不仅流失了,还会影响生态环境。
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