Wow! I am FINALLY getting to participate in a blog hop! This is my first one so bear with me while I stumble through writing about something I wouldn't have thought to do on my own.
Dear Stacey,
You are 21 and deep in the wallows of grief. But it will be OK. You just lost your Momma, your best friend. I know everyone keeps telling you that she is in a better place now, that she isn't suffering anymore and that time will heal. And right now, that is so hard to believe. Mostly because it is pure bullshit. Time doesn't heal anything. That wound will forever be there. You just get used to the pain, that's all. The next few months are going to be the worst in your life. But it will get better.
You are going to try to go back to school, but you'll withdraw from classes. You'll feel alone and you will be sure that you are going to stay that way forever. Alone. But I'm going to tell you that you are so wrong. Because you are going to one day get the balls to buy a computer. And is the world ever going to open up to you. You'll meet new people from a lot of places. Then one night, you will meet...him. The one that makes your heart kinda race and your stomach do little flip flops. Don't be scared though. Self esteem never has been your strong point. I don't think it is for any fat kid growing up. You are OK though, you got a thick skin and moved past that. You're shy though and you still think you are incapable of ever being loved by someone. That no one could ever find you attractive enough to give a second glance.
He does. He thinks you are beautiful, smart and ridiculously funny with sometimes a twisted sense of humor. He won't find out about your potty mouth until a little later. You will eventually meet him face to face. It will be awkward, exciting, silly and scary. However, you'll be glad you took the risk and met him. You know why? Because of him, you will get on an airplane for the first time in your life and fly three thousand miles away from home. The place you've never been away from before. The views and sights and experiences will be amazing and something you surely will never forget.
Know what else? He is going to marry you. The proposal is going to come out a bit...different, you'll both laugh...and cry. It is going to take time though. Having a long distance relationship is going to take its toll on both of you. Those 10 months are going to be agony. Lots of letter writing, emails and late night chats on the phone. One night he's going to tell you he found a litter of kittens, 2 days old and near death. You will coach him on how to get them out of danger and then how to care for them properly. I kinda hate to break this to you, but he'll be bringing two of those cotton candy long-haired pain in the asses with him. As an animal lover though, you'll be OK with that, even if you aren't a fan of cats.
I also want you to know that all of those doctors you've been to about your out of control periods, well some were right and some were wrong. You are going to spend the next 11 years worrying about if you will ever be able to have children. In about 4 years, it will peak because that is when you are going to get married. You are going to go from doctor to doctor in hopes of getting a straight answer of what is going on with your reproductive system. Everyone is going to tell you something different until one day you see a Reproductive Endocrinologist. He'll tell you he can probably get you pregnant with medicine. Eventually, you'll find the doctor that you stick with and who will deliver your babies.
What, you say? Am I serious? Yes, I am. You are going to have babies....with an s. Calm down, they won't be at the same time! But they will be 14 and a half months apart. Oh yeah sister, you have your work cut out for you! But first I have to tell you that it isn't going to happen when you want it to. See, you get distracted with trying to lose weight so you can be fit and healthy for a pregnancy. Plus you've been told if you lose weight some of your girly problems will resolve. So you did lose weight, a lot of it. But those problems never went away. Getting preoccupied with married life, a job that is drama central and it never seeming like the right time, you will avoid going back to the RE or talking to the doctor about Clomid. Instead you tell yourself if it is going to happen, it will happen.
I'm sorry to say that it doesn't happen right away. Not even after a few years. You are going to be a bit more desperate by then. Discussing things like IVF with your husband and the cost. Knowing full well you will never be able to afford it on your income. You will consider Clomid again, but find it hard to concentrate because of the hellhole that you call your job. By the way, J was a way better boss. She might have been crazy, needy and self absorbed but she never pretended she wasn't privileged. You will curse the day that douchenozzle L took her place. Well her and that mousy twat A who couldn't do her own job and did nothing but complain. The stress from work will become so overwhelming that one day you will tell your boss you can't take anymore of her shit, and that you are quitting. You'll say it sweetly and sarcastically at the same time and it will be freaking awesome.
Almost married seven years now, K knows you. He knows you wouldn't have quit if it wasn't something you had to do. He will tell you that together you'll work things out and don't worry. One year and many interviews later you'll still find yourself unemployed. But things are going OK on just one income. K even gets a raise so things get a little better to boot. Being a mother is still very much on your mind though. You have watched A and her 3 children and have longed for your own. One night you are going to break down and cry to K and ask him if he will still love you if you can't ever give him a child. You'll be terrified of his answer, but don't be. K will tell you that he married you, not a baby maker. A feeling of relief will come. All this time you will think he resents you because you can't get pregnant.
About a month later, your period won't come...again. You'll do nothing and just wait like you always do. Until one day while having a funny conversation you feel your boobs and realize that they feel...different. You'll think maybe its a precurser to your period and you'll be cranky and wicked tired. Like, the kind of tired you've never experienced before. During a chat with A you'll ask her if she's ever had her boobs feel heavier, bigger, different and she'll tell you only when she was pregnant. The she'll stop dead in her tracks on the phone and squee with excitement. You will blow her off and chuckle telling her it just won't happen that easy. After a week you won't be able to stand it. You'll take the test and you'll get a super dark "+" sign.
At that moment your life is going to change as drastically as it did today. Your world fell apart this morning when the last blip on your mother's heart monitor went flat. It is going to be hard. Getting married, getting pregnant and having your children...without your mother being there to see it, experience it and give you advice. Crying and missing her is really going to be full force during your pregnancy and man, once they are born you are really going to wish she was still here. The moment you lay eyes on that darling baby the world is going to change again. The hole that got torn into your heart today will be filled. So yes, Stacey, things are going to get better. It won't all be rainbows and unicorns. Lots of rough spots litter the way. Life will not get easier...it will get different. And you? You are going to be just fine.
By the way...on October 11, 2005, I need you to be more careful when going to work. I'd like to avoid the head on collision with the bus that ended up breaking your leg. Being laid up and rehab sucked big time. Oh, and you'll notice I didn't tell you the sex of your babies. That is because with at least one of them, you'll want to keep it a surprise until the big day. Trust me, you won't be disappointed. ::wink::
Love,
Me
Passover 2024
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