A letter from May 28th, 2020

Dear, future self, Hello Nadine. This is Nadine in the past. I’m 11 years old(almost 12) and I’m in sixth grade going into 7th. Today is May 18th, 2020, and I wanted future me to read this on June 10th, 2025, my 16th birthday. I’m currently in 6th grade at west middle school. I remember when I first got into 6th grade it was all very new to me. I remember on the first day of school when I got to my locker, I couldn’t open it but the teachers taught me how. I also found a new hobby, it’s painting. Since we couldn’t leave the house due to Caronavirse, I had to find a new hobby to do and it’s now painting! I value a lot of things and my top two things are “my friends and family.” My Current friends are Leila, Maddison, Addison, Kennedy, Payton, and kayanna. I have more friends but those are just some of them. My friends mean a lot to me because if I need help with something then I can always count on them to help me. If I need someone to stand up for me because I’m not the best at it I can count on my friends to help me. Also If my friends ever need me then I will also be there for them! I value my family a lot too! I’m blessed with the best family for me. My family is just like my friends. If I am struggling in a subject they will always try there best to help me! My family means a lot to me! I can’ express how much they mean to me. They also love me for who I am, even if I accidentally say something or do something that isn’t like me they will still love me for who I am! I really like basketball a lot! I try to play it as much as I can. I think I’m pretty good at it. One of the things that help me be good at basketball is that I’m tall and fast and that gives me an advantage. I was thinking about maybe joining a basketball team since I have never played on one. I’ve been to a few games before and I played a lot of it at school so I know how to play. Also, most of my family are basketball players so it kinda runs through my family. I think it would be very good if I joined the team! One goal I have for my self is to get good grades then go into a good college where I can become a layer. I think I would be a very good layer. One of my sisters (Nicole) might be trying to become a layer, and hopefully, when my future self reads this she will be a layer. My sister knows how to outsmart people when they are in a fight and I can too but I’m not as good as she is. Hopefully, in the future, I can become a very good layer and help out people. I wanted to give you some advice. The first thing you should avoid is when people talk badly about you. When they talk bad about you, you have to ignore it and not give them a reaction because when you do give them a reaction they will think they are better than you and the boss of you and you don’t want that to happen so just ignore it. The second thing is, is to also have faith. When you don’t have faith sometimes thighs don’t come the way you want it to be. All you need is just a little faith in something for it to come true. So always have faith because it can lead you to good things. If I could leave you with any words of wisdom for you here it is,” It takes nothing to join the crowd but it takes everything to stand alone.”-Hans F Hansen. Your past self, Nadine