Dear Self

Write a letter to your 100-year-old self.

Isn’t it ironic that you are the one that made it this far? You’ve outlived all of your siblings and are now a kind of matriarch, of the family.

The newest generation calls you Grand-Auntie rather than great Auntie out of respect and gratitude because you’ve never left their side. You were always there for everyone, over your 100 years of life. You’ve been present for every birth and death. You’re the last one left

standing.

When life started there were five of you. You never imagined that you would be the one of the five to have to grieve four times to witness it all and be the last one standing.

Bittersweet, as I get so much love and recognition from their children and their children’s children.

I see you all, in everyone of their faces but it’s so lonely without you here. My gratitude overflows, I miss you, I love you all.

You reached your goals of building a Reiki treatment centre/School and they are world renowned. There is one in every major city in three Provences.

You’ve educated and employed every female member of your family for three generations. Your nieces and their children are now running the show.

However, not a week goes by without one of them visiting or calling you for advice, encouragement or love.

It’s your birthday and they have planned a grand celebration at Fairmont Chateau’s (Laurier Ottawa) Grand Ball Room. Everyone is invited. Family, Students, board members, all of those, who’s lives you affected.

You’ve come so far with your writing and you’re definitely left your mark in the pages of all the great writers of the world. In your 60 plus years of

putting pen to paper.

You’ve written 10 best selling horror novels, 13 separate series of 5 books each on women’s health, 6 award winning text books; for your specialty designed Reiki school, poems, articles and Essays.

You will be remembered. You’ve had an extremely fulfilling life. Now get up from reading this letter and go put on your best, most beautiful, dress and slap some paint on that smile. There’s a party waiting for you.