Roseyland

This is the note I included with my cousin’s high school graduation card. I’m pretty sure she doesn’t know this blog exist, but for those of you who may have stumbled here from Facebook, no sharing this with her until she get’s it in the mail! You know who you are. Anyways, enjoy.

{Cousin},

Congratulations! You are either getting married, graduating from some type of institution, or having a kid. Whatever it is, it’s quite an accomplishment, and I’m proud of you. I wrote {Other Cousin} a note like this about a year ago. I don’t remember what I said, but I’m pretty sure it was hilarious. And not in that, I have to be nice to my relatives and pretend to laugh kind of hilarious, I mean actually hilarious. I also remember that I wrote it by hand. That part sucked, so I’m typing this one. I do think handwritten notes are a little more special, but maybe I can just print this out in a curvy font or something. We’ll see how it goes.

I was going to write you a list of advice to take with you as you move on to your next adventure. It was going to be one of those half serious half funny lists. I was going to try and make it a little edgy, just to remind you that I’m not nearly as old as the other old people in your family. I was going to say something about keg stands, but truth be told, I’ve never done a keg stand. Not because I’m opposed to consuming massive amounts of alcohol while inverted, but mostly because I don’t trust anyone to hold me upside down while suspended over a large metal object. I guess I have trust issues. Anyways… I decided not to do the list, because, well, it probably would have been lame.

I will give you one piece of advice though. Not because I want to, but because it makes for an excellent transition into this paragraph. If you are going to college, bring band-aids. Seriously, everyone forgets to bring band-aids to college. On top of that, people cut themselves a lot in college. I’m not sure if it’s a stress related mental issue, or if there are just more sharp objects in college, but someone always needs a band aid, and nobody ever has one. You could be the girl with band-aids. People will love you. This is excellent advice.

Now comes the part of this note where most people would end on a more serious tone. They would say something about how far you’ve come, and how important it is to hold on to the past while punching the stars, and also something about the wind and/or dancing like nobody is watching. Look, if you are dancing, people are watching, and if you are dancing like those people aren’t watching, they are probably wondering whether or not you are having a seizure. Dance like everyone is watching. Dance like everyone is watching, filming it on their iPhones, and posting it to YouTube. Because they are, and I’ll probably see it, and then I’ll know that you didn’t take my advice. That would make me sad.

Good Luck!