Mom,
I am wasting away. I will never be this age again and I will never have some of the opportunities that I have at this point in my life. I want to take this time to explore, travel, and just make life experiences. Yes, college is often labeled as a great life experience, but it is one that I can come back to later in life. Right now, I need to take advantage of being young and having so much more energy and momentum than I will have in ten, even five years from now. I am concerned about income, but I can begin work as a flight attendant maybe, or perhaps I can deliver organs. That way, my traveling will be included in my work. Both jobs may require some sort of class, but I believe these classes will be much shorter than even one year of college. I will be living the life that I want to live, and I won’t let fear of becoming nothing when I am older stand in my way. You even have admitted yourself that you chose the completely wrong profession and I have seen you miserable every day you go to work. What if I make a big mistake like this one? I mean, in other countries they even make students take at least a year off after graduating high school so they can return to college with life experiences, and perhaps as these students work and travel on their year or more off, when they return to college they appreciate the opportunity to learn that much more. I know what you will say, but you can not change my mind.
Love always,
Nicole
P.S. I will just get my diabetic medications in Mexico, or a lot of my friend’s parents have diabetes. I will figure it out.
Nicole,
You will lose your scholarship. You will not be able to get your medications. And getting them in Mexico or from other diabetics is VERY illegal. You can NOT do that. I will cut you off from my money, meaning no phone, no car insurance, and I will take the car back. You do not have the skills to find a reasonable profession without any schooling and the only way you can get insurance for your diabetes is if you work specific jobs such as Starbucks and Whole Foods, and neither of these pay for travel. You are too smart to make such a choice, just pull through. If college is too hard, take less hours, we can get through this. And then you can pick a profession of your choice and make enough money to live comfortably and travel on your own time. I can not let you do this, you will not do this. You know I will always be here to help you through anything and I will support you through college. We need to talk. Take a weekend to come home.
Love,
Mom
I am wasting away. I will never be this age again and I will never have some of the opportunities that I have at this point in my life. I want to take this time to explore, travel, and just make life experiences. Yes, college is often labeled as a great life experience, but it is one that I can come back to later in life. Right now, I need to take advantage of being young and having so much more energy and momentum than I will have in ten, even five years from now. I am concerned about income, but I can begin work as a flight attendant maybe, or perhaps I can deliver organs. That way, my traveling will be included in my work. Both jobs may require some sort of class, but I believe these classes will be much shorter than even one year of college. I will be living the life that I want to live, and I won’t let fear of becoming nothing when I am older stand in my way. You even have admitted yourself that you chose the completely wrong profession and I have seen you miserable every day you go to work. What if I make a big mistake like this one? I mean, in other countries they even make students take at least a year off after graduating high school so they can return to college with life experiences, and perhaps as these students work and travel on their year or more off, when they return to college they appreciate the opportunity to learn that much more. I know what you will say, but you can not change my mind.
Love always,
Nicole
P.S. I will just get my diabetic medications in Mexico, or a lot of my friend’s parents have diabetes. I will figure it out.
Nicole,
You will lose your scholarship. You will not be able to get your medications. And getting them in Mexico or from other diabetics is VERY illegal. You can NOT do that. I will cut you off from my money, meaning no phone, no car insurance, and I will take the car back. You do not have the skills to find a reasonable profession without any schooling and the only way you can get insurance for your diabetes is if you work specific jobs such as Starbucks and Whole Foods, and neither of these pay for travel. You are too smart to make such a choice, just pull through. If college is too hard, take less hours, we can get through this. And then you can pick a profession of your choice and make enough money to live comfortably and travel on your own time. I can not let you do this, you will not do this. You know I will always be here to help you through anything and I will support you through college. We need to talk. Take a weekend to come home.
Love,
Mom
posted by NicoleJ @ 3:39 PM
1 Comments:
At December 05, 2006 4:43 PM,
Nichole P. said…
I love the first sentence of you letter. I find myself saying it often for dramatic purposes. It works for your blog. I think it's cool how your letter is focused on being young and wanting to gain life experiences. I think we all want that. I love how your choice of job goes from flight attendant to delivering organs. Classic. I like how you get serious towards the end and compare the reasons why you want to drop out to your mom's experience. I did the same. The p.s. made me laugh really hard. As for the letter that your mom writes back to you, I think it sounds exactly like something my mom would say. Moms always want to figure things out together and systematically.
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