on myself, eight years ago...
"I think that I'm rather unlike most 19 year old girls. I don't want to be in a relationship just for the security or sex. I want to find my soul mate. I want to get married and have a family. Not now, as far as marriage goes. I know I'm young. But...I don't know. I just can't wait to find the person that I'm going to spend the rest of my life with.
And for as much time I spend feeling convinced that I'm hopeless, I know I'm not."
— written by me, at 19
love this, kerri. we are the same! :) i was more interested in dating my HUSBAND, whoever he was, than dating in general. how awesome that you have this documented!!
ReplyDeleteOh! Love this :) i definitely felt the same way at 19.
ReplyDeleteI totally echo Summer's sentiments.
ReplyDeleteOh, goodness. I love that you found J, I really do. I think you were both of that mindset & it is perfection. LOVE THE TWO OF YOU.
You're the cutest <3 When I met my husband, I had NO interest in dating; I really wanted to focus on me and "improving" myself. But the heart knows what's right for you!
ReplyDeleteI was the same way... I only had two relationships in my life. The first lasted 10 years, before I met my now-husband. It's the connection to a person that is more important than anything else.
ReplyDeleteLove this! I too didn't want to date around for the sake of dating just to be busy with it all. I wanted to find someone and be with them! I didn't meet my future husband until I was 26 and got married when I was 28.
ReplyDeleteBy 19, I WAS married!!! And still am. And she IS my soul mate! ♥ We met when I was only 13 and we were engaged when I was 16. I lived in Chicago and she in Salt Lake City, so obviously we were both young and long distance so security/sex didn't "matter." We loved for love, we were friends because of who we each were. It wasn't for anything, or anyone, but us. <3
ReplyDeleteHahaha, are you sure you didn't steal this from the depths of my blogging archives? Soul sisters for sure.
ReplyDeleteYou and I would have been soulmates when we were 19. I love this ;)
ReplyDeleteyour words are so dreamy, I love your writing! Been reading for awhile now, so want to say congrats on your little one and where you are in life. She is beyond adorbs!
ReplyDeleteThis is so awesome that you found this! I think we had similar thought processes. I am happy for you that you found your "forever" as did I. ;)
ReplyDeleteYou were such a smarty pants even then :) Great perspective!
ReplyDeletethat's beautiful! :) What a great idea for a post. I like looking back at things in the past that I have written or said. :)
ReplyDeleteLove it! I found a few gems in my old blogs, but I am mostly glad that I have changed as much as I have.
ReplyDeleteGlad you found your Soul Mate-- I know so many people who have found them in this life-- it's a lot of good energy going into the universe when that happens. I know that's weird, but.... I think it will be better for the next generation. :) They will learn from all us soul mate seekers to find theirs and live well.
xo,
Ryan @ Thismustbetheplaceryan
I love this, Kerri. I am twenty right now, and I feel exactly the same way.
ReplyDeletei love this. it's people like you that remind me that i'm not hopeless :)
ReplyDeleteThis is me 100%...except I'm almost 23 and feeling more and more hopeless.
ReplyDeleteI love the snippets from your journals. I looked through some of mine the other day but they are all way too ridiculous to ever post. At least yours aren't embarrassing. :)
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