Protect yourself. Don’t settle for less than what you deserve. I know that you have such a big heart and such a desire to love but you deserve for someone to treat you the same way. You’re going to grow up guarding yourself, but try to let the good people in. You can’t assume that everyone is going to break your heart. Try to learn how to let go. It’s part of life that you have to get used to, and I know how impossible it may seem but it has to happen anyway. Value your friends more. They’re the only people who are going to stay by you if you let them. Don’t replace them with any boys, because boys leave. Even if they tell you they love you, things change, and they leave. Don’t listen to anything mean your family says. No matter what your parents say, you have such a good heart and you are in no way heartless. You are good enough for people and if you can’t make them proud of you, make yourself proud. Make sure you work hard freshman and sophomore year so you don’t get to junior year and realize that you could have done better. As much as you believe in feeling pain, because you’re a human and you will hurt when things end, just try to keep moving forward because that is all you can do. Don’t try to move on too fast because it will just screw you over and end up hurting other people, I promise. If you miss someone, let yourself miss them. And don’t take anyone’s advice if you think it’s the wrong thing to do. No one has to deal with the outcome but you. Promise me you’ll eat, and believe that you’re beautiful. You can eat enough to be healthy and it won’t make you fat. Weighing double digits is overrated, and people will still think you are beautiful and skinny even if you aren’t anorexic. Smile more. Really. You’re so young and this is the time to be happy. So even if everything isn’t perfect, just try to smile. Please don’t cry every night. It’ll be hard not to, but please try. You’re so young and happy now, so try to keep that in mind when things get hard and you forgot what happiness feels like. You just have to grateful for the comfortable and the familiar, and not focus on what you long to have back. Remember to be grateful for your mom. Her every day life is hard and she loves you more than you will ever know, she would do anything for you. And one night you will realize that. So take the dog out when she asks and do the dishes when she wants you too, it’s not as big as an inconvenience as you think. Remember not to listen to what people say about you and to not care what they think. The people in your high school will be bitches but you just need to focus on yourself. Make sure you make the choices you want to make and not the ones people want you to. If you don’t want to drink, then don’t drink. If you want to stay home on a friday night, stay home. Just remember to try to keep moving when things get hard. Never hurt yourself. You may want to die some days, but never ever take it as far as trying to kill yourself. One of the best things about you is that you don’t judge people, so keep it that way. Put people’s actions into perspective to try to understand them better. And please, just please try to be happy. Don’t give up on it. Just please don’t give up on it.