If I was a teen again...

If I could do being a teenager all over again....

I'd have way more fun!

I'd wait til I was 14 to go to dances
I'd wait til I was 16 to date boys and then I wouldn't date them so seriously. (Sorry TM if you read this....we just didn't do good for each other)
I'd dress way better. (Though grade 12....that was my year...I did WAY better ha ha ha)
I'd learn to cook and sew and knit from my Mom.  (She offered so many times)

I'd focus on things I love and work hard at being good at them rather then dreaming of being good at them.
I'd tried WAY harder in school.

I'd clean my room and help clean my house so that it wasn't such as shock now.
I'd eat healthier.

I'd figure out health issues sooner.
I'd fight the right fights and let go of the wrong ones.
I'd choose to be who I was, rather then what certain boys and peoples told me I should be.
I'd read inspiring things.
I'd take more photos of laughing.
I'd learn to dance. (Like really REALLY learn)

I'd learn to sing.

I'd learn to play guitar.

I'd go to church....even if the girls didn't like me.
I'd have kept going to school....taken courses that really taught me something about design.
I'd not be so hard on myself.
I'd work out more.
I'd learn to say no when I wanted to and say yes when I wanted to.
I'd save my money and spend little bits on things I love.
I'd watch less TV and do more things I was passionate about.
I'd ride my bike even after I got my licence. (I rode that thing everywhere before that!)
I'd skip a lot of mistakes (but not all of them)
I'd be more involved at school.
I'd talk more to people that didn't have someone to talk to.
I'd find my style.
I'd pray lots.

I'd sing Celine Dion and not be afraid to tell ANYONE that I loved it!

I'd hang out with Cari outside of school MUCH sooner.
I'd not hate my brother "just because".
I'd be happy with my weight, and just lived a little.


Sometimes I do reflect upon the past. Some days I get myself down about it. I'm not sure why I think of "what I'd do if I could try again".

It could be the fact that I have super uber cute teeny bop friends.  { Hi JoLOVE!}

OR that I watch High School Musical.  And I'm sorry....but going to THAT school would have ROCKED!

For reals...

But with this reflection....I did find some things in my past that made me smile...

I realized that I always loved being a girl....


That cute kid and I have something in common....


That I always had a sensitive soft heart....and I think that's okay. {And crimped hair was the bomb)


That having older brothers meant that I was the only girl (for the first 12 years of my life)....really that DOES make me the favorite.  Hee hee!


That we had some super fun times together at my first house that I still love even if it's hard to see when we go home. {we had to move quite abruptly and that was pretty tough)


I learned that I am daring and ready to try new things even cut all of my hair off.  {which I guess is obvious since I've done that pretty recently}


That I always ALWAYS wanted to be a Mom and would steal babies as much as I could...


That even to this day I LOVED my prom dress (that my Mama made) and I LOVED my hair.  And that was over ten years ago!


That Cari and I did start to hang out....and we still chat just like the old days...even if she's upside down and into tomorrow all the way in Australia.
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That I did take dance when I was in my early 20's, and that I have started to learn to play the guitar.



And that I can do lots of the things that I've always wanted to do....and I can do the things I still dream up new.

Or I may just go take a nap...

Heck I mean do what you're good at right??

I'm SUPER good at taking naps.

For reals.

But that's off track.

Anything you wish you could have done or would have done differently that you CAN still do today??

{Photos - unless obviously my face - were found by google search or weheartit}