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.
一个星期天,我写完了老师布置的作业,闲着没事,就在家里拿起一本书看。突然,我看见壶的盖子不停地跳动,我把水倒进暖瓶里,脑子里突然有种想法在闪动,如果水开了看不见,水壶不就烧化了吗?我们家就曾烧化了一个水壶,因为当时全家人都不在家。我得想个办法,防止把水壶烧化,我灵机一动,如果把一个铃铛系在壶盖上,再把一根小绳系在一个钉子上,然后,把钉子钉在墙上,水一开,铃铛不就响起来了吗?
我先做做看看能不能成功,说做就做,我把我想的按照顺序做起来,先把铃铛系在壶盖上,再把钉子钉在墙上,然后把一根有细又长的小绳子挂在上面,我把水装进壶里,过了几分钟,铃铛果然响起来了,而且铁丝也没有断,我高兴地又蹦又跳,并把我的小发明告诉了爸爸,爸爸笑眯眯的说:“不错,不错,真是个心灵手巧的好孩子。”听到了爸爸的夸奖,我心里像喝了蜜一样甜。从此,我家的水壶再也没被烧化过。
从这件事中,我明白了一个道理:取得优异的成绩是不容易的,要付出艰辛的劳动。无论做什么事,都不能半途而废,只要有耐心,就一定会把事情做成功。
我发明过几个有趣的生活用品。现在,我来选两件物品仔细介绍吧。
我的第一件发明是“多功能笔”。我做它是因为同学们经常丢三落四,并且要用时还要慌慌张张地找,便决定“多功能笔”。它是一个荧光外壳和各种笑声芯做成的。它的做法是把用完的.荧光笔去掉芯,扎上几定小孔,再把各种笔芯插入,最后在笔的末尾塞上橡皮或修正液,就大功告成啦。
“多功能笔”的优点是:功能多,省时,不用要什么笔,才赶忙找起来,并且变废为宝,节约能源。可“多功能笔”也有许多缺点,如:太重,用起来不方便,而且不易分辨笔芯种类。
第的第二件小发明是“合体勺叉”。当我看到人们吃饭时,经常需要汤勺和叉子,便把叉子和勺子结合起来,就组成了“合体勺叉”。
它的做法是:找一根刚能把勺子把儿和叉子把儿塞进去那样粗细的管子,把它们从两端塞进去就可以了。要用什么,反过来就可以了。既简单,又实用,真是棒极了!
我的这些发明虽然很实用,但还有很多缺点。我一定要更加努力学习,仔细观察,将来发明更多有益的用品,帮助人们,为将来报效祖国打下基础。
暑假开始啦!我跟着妈妈去“上班”!
天气很潮湿,妈妈办公室里的橱门却开着。妈妈叹了口气,说:“这橱门关不牢了,里面的重要文件容易受潮发霉,可怎么办呢?”我听了,没有在意。
我在妈妈的桌子里翻啊翻啊,翻到了一袋橡皮筋。就在这时,我灵机一动,我的小发明诞生了!我把皮筋扣在两扇对开的橱门把手上,橱门因为皮筋的弹力而关牢了。在取用东西的时候,稍拉开些就能拿出来,然后门还会自动关好,风也不会把门吹开了。我帮妈妈把橱门关牢了!
妈妈看了我的小发明,直夸我是个聪明的孩子。我的心里美滋滋的。
妈妈有一头漂亮的长发,她会经常变换各种发型。所以妈妈的头花、发卡、发圈、皮筋等小东西都会有很多。后来,她又喜欢上盘发,买了很多小插针。不过这些小东西存放很麻烦,妈妈经常把桌子上放得乱乱的,这一盒那一盒的,有时候各种东西都缠在了一起,害得她总是找不着。这不,早上,妈妈又找不着东西了。我就想:能不能有一个东西,能把妈妈的头饰分类装上,便于查找呢?
我在家里转了一圈,发现了很多小茶叶盒,又结实又漂亮,扔掉很可惜,还有几块刚整理出来的泡沫,我的灵感就油然而生了。
我要用茶叶盒和泡沫为妈妈制作一个发饰多功能整理箱。简单地说,就是把抽屉和泡沫集中到一个盒子上,再发挥它们的各自的用处。
这个整理箱共分三层,上面是泡沫板的插针存放处,下面是两层小抽屉,分别可以存放各种小发圈,小卡子等小物件。
泡沫是用来整理小插针最好的办法了,小插针可以很容易一个一个地插到上面,又好看又便于拿取。我先照着盒子的大小剪下一块泡沫,为了美观,我把泡沫上面贴了一张彩纸,由于泡沫属易碎物品,我还在下面贴上块硬纸板,然后,我把妈妈的大大小小的插针二十多个都放到上面,又整齐又漂亮,这下子妈妈再也不用担心不好找了。
茶叶盒的盖子也有大用处,正好可以用来做抽屉。我找了两个同样的盖子,修剪后再用彩纸装饰起来就是两个漂亮的抽屉了,然后我还在抽屉拉手处用丝带做成蝴蝶结,既有装饰作用,又可以当拉手,现在,一个实用又方便的多功能整理箱就完成了。
这个发饰多功能整理箱可以存放女人们的发饰,泡沫可以插一些头饰,小抽屉可以装一些小东西,比如说:发卡、发圈、皮筋……等等。我的妈妈肯定再也不用发愁了。
最后来句自己的广告语:“发饰多功能整理箱,方便、实用、整洁,给妈妈最贴心的关怀”!
上星期教员给咱们布置了一个小义务,那就是应用废旧物品来制造一个小作品,教员对咱们说:“我相信同窗们会做得一个比一个好!”下课了,同窗识我:“吴若铱,你预备做什么必修”我悄然一笑说:“还没有想好呢必修”
下午放学回到家,我飞快地写完作业,不假思索地想了起来……做什么好呢必修在我脑子乱哄哄的时分,姥姥放在床边的那些碎布头让我突发灵感,于是我向姥姥要来一些不同色彩的布,姥姥满腹狐疑肠看着我,“你要这些布干什么必修”“等我做好我的小制造您就知道了”我笑咪咪地说。我想,我必定能行!
首先进入预备阶段,我用剪刀剪下了布娃娃的脑袋、身材、衣服的轮廓,用卷曲的毛线编好头发,预备好装璜用的耳环、项链和头花,还有针和线,好了预备任务所有就绪;接着进入了缝纫阶段,后来我总是把针缝错位置,还会偶尔扎到手指头,然而慢慢地针线和我越来越相熟,很快地实现了娃娃的身材和服装的缝制;最后是装璜阶段,我给娃娃缝上了明亮的眼睛和鲜红的嘴唇,用预备好的耳环、项链和头发点缀一番,哈哈,一件完美的艺术品降生了!
经过制造娃娃让我知道了原来废品也可能变成爱不释手的宝贝呀!我想,请大家和我一同争当“环保小卫士”吧!
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