Letter to me…

Dear me,

     Life will be real hard, no matter how old you are at the time. When you’re young you don’t really worry about too much. When you’re a teenager you start worrying about boys and gossip. When you’re an adult, you have even more stuff you have to worry about, such as your family, your job, and your health.
     When I was younger, I loved spending time with family, especially, my mother. After she left my father I and her became real close. One time at my mom’s family reunion the governor of Germany was there. He was up on the stage speaking German to all the family from Germany. My cousins and I were running around playing tag. I ran up on the stage and tripped over a cord and fell right in front of him. I was so scared. He had the meanest face ever. A few moments later, everyone started laughing, including him and me. He helped me up and I guess told me to go have fun. That is one of my favorite family memories because it was fun and I met a lot of people from it.
     Another favorite memory of mine is when I was in Kindergarten. It was Teddy Bear Day, and everyone brought their teddy bears. During recess, some girls were building a pyramid out of their teddy bears; I suggested that we make our own right by the bears. So we did. I got to get on top since it was my idea. I stood up on the girls under me back and made a superstar pose. I didn’t have great balance and right when I began to fall Mrs. Wolfe, the meanest and scariest teacher ever, was walking by carrying a HUGE teddy bear cake. SMACK! I fell right in it. Everyone was mad at me because I ruined the cake but what I got from it I enjoyed very much.
     I was never the smart one in school. I was always playing softball both for little league teams and for select teams around Dallas. 8th grade year I was on three softball teams, one for Celeste and the others for Garland and Plano. I also played on two basketball teams, both were Dallas select teams. I put sports first before school; you would always find me in the batting cages or in the gym. The last 6 weeks of school I was told I may not get to walk across the stage. I buckled down and started working hard. I ended up passing, not with the best grade in the class but still passing. Now I know if I work hard I can accomplish anything that I put my mind to.

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     Right now the most important thing to me is school and family. In order to have a good education you have to stay in school and work hard. Ever since 8th grade, I have been more focused on school. I still love to do sports but that’s all after my homework. My father works late, so I have to stay home with my sister and take care of her. I try to be a good idol for her, but it's not hitting her yet. Hopefully, it will soon.
     Some of the things I worry about now is my health. I have a stomach disease that is eating my stomach. If I don’t take care of it right, I will have to have a surgery. Hopefully, the doctors will fix it soon, so I can do a lot more stuff. Another thing I worry about is one of my friends; she is going through a hard time right now. I can’t tell you why or who it is because they don’t want anyone to know. She is in my prayers every night and I pray to God that she will be ok and make it through everything.
     In my own time, I like to play softball. It is my favorite sport and I always work hard to try and get better. You will find me at the batting cages on weekends and at Emily Giles house during the week. Some other sports I like to do in my own time is basketball and tennis. I love competition and both those sports you get GREAT competition. If you haven’t been able to tell yet, I love to run. I run five miles every Saturday and two miles everyday of the week.
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     After high school I plan on going straight to college. I wouldn’t mind playing sports in college but I wouldn’t be going for sports. In college I want to study photography and/or Interior designing. After college I wouldn’t mind opening my own business with a photography studio or a clothing or music store. Thing about it all is, you cant predict the future, you have to make it happen. Stick with your dreams and more than likely you will accomplish your goal.      I believe every person has a sole mate. I would not mind meeting mine and getting married and having kids. I want to have at least two kids of my own and then I would like to adopt 1 or 2 also. I want to get them into sports and racing wither dragsters or quads/dirtbikes. But it is their choice what they want to do. I want grandkids eventually, but I want to be old when I have them, so hopefully I will have some smart babies!


Sincerely,
     Jennifer Turnbaugh