When I was first asked to write a letter to my teen self, as part of an online promotion, I scratched my head. What the heck would I say to that girl? Well, a lot as it turns out. I could have written a whole volume, in fact. I was so naive back then! Partly because it was the sixties, before the Internet. Partly because I lived in a small, rural community that is the polar opposite of NYC, where I now live, in terms of diversity. I knew nothing! Why else would I have gotten married at age 18, having only dated a couple of other guys before then? And I wasn’t even pregnant, so I had no excuse! Chalk it up to sheer ignorance. The bottom line, I decided, was that I didn’t trust myself, nor did I have a high opinion of myself. So, my advice to the girl I once was? Well, read it and see (or weep)… http://dearteenme.com/2012/06/18/dear-teen-me-from-author-eileen-goudge-the-replacement-wife/
