Dear you,

It's been five years. Five years since you moved yourself 1,000 miles away from everything and everyone you've known. I hope that now looking back you still truly believe that was the best decision for you and your future. You were just nineteen years old back then, to some that's just a baby, but to you, you felt like you've made our fair share of trips around the sun already. Now you're twenty-four years old...I bet you think that's old, but realize that you have so many years to do everything you've dreamed and I hope you do them all.

Congratulations, you graduated from college now! I know anything could happen, but I have never had a doubt in my mind about one thing, you'll finish and get the degree you've always wanted. I hope you decided and hope it was a easy decision to make whether you got your Nursing degree to be that ER nurse that helps save those lives who happened to have the worst day of their lives or if you continued to read those books you always spent too much money on to become that badass FBI agent you always felt you were destined to be. Either way, never give up. Keep pursuing your dreams, big or small even when people tell you things aren't worth it.

I bet you're getting married soon...I hope you're not becoming a complete bridezilla with all the crazy things you have to get done. Or maybe you're already married, I could definitely see that being the case. Whichever the answer is I hope you love him. I hope he makes you smile from ear to ear. I hope he treats you like you're his queen and you better be treating him like a king. I hope you two still play fight constantly, and spend your days apart missing each other, and especially still always going to Applebee's as your go to date. If you're still with that same boyfriend that moved 1000 miles away for you...god bless him for putting up with you, don't ever let him go.

Overall, I hope you found happiness with yourself. Take some time to relax, if you still stress all the time, I wouldn't be surprised if you were starting to discover some grey hairs. You better look at yourself in the mirror and be happy with what you see because I know you've come a long way from what you used to be looking back at you. You deserve to be extremely proud of yourself. You did this all on your own. Whether your life ended up how you planned it, I know you'll be making the best of it. I hope you got everything you wanted out of being in the military. I hope Halloween is still your favorite Holiday and I hope you still love Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee more than life itself. Please remember to treat yourself every now and then. I hope you stay wild and never lose that adventure in your eyes. Always fight on.

Love, me