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A letter to my 17 year old self...

I was googling cool ideas for personal blog topics because I always seem to do best with personal topics and I couldn't really think of one to talk about and I came across a website with ideas. The first one was exactly this: "A Letter to my Teenage Self..." Now I know I am only 21 and my teenage years weren't all that long ago but honestly, I have changed so much since then I wish that I could go back and change a few simple things. So, here I go. I am going to write a letter to my "teenage self", I just randomly chose 17 but I am pretty much gonna cover 17 to 20 in here... Dear Shelby, Relax. Stop worrying about every little damn thing. Things are going to work out just fine. But while we are on the topic of worrying, you should probably worry a little more about your homework because trust ME. People are probably telling you now, you know you are gonna wish you tried harder in high school. Well, by golly they were right. TRY HARDER. You're smart,

The Meanings of all my Tattoos!

So someone asked me a little while ago what all my tattoos meant! I love tattoos a lot but I don't think that anyone should ever get a tattoo without a there being some really important or special meaning behind it. So I decided that I would let everyone in on what mine are all about! Some are pretty self explanitory but others are a little deeper and have some special meanings.  My first tattoo was this one:  This one I suppose is pretty self explanitory, Lila Marie is my grandmother on my Dads side. She died when I was 8 years old and a few years ago my sister and I decided to get "matching tattoos". This one is definitely one of my favourite ones, which makes sense but it is wonderful to look and down and see her name. It reminds me everyday of how much she loved me and that no matter what happens in the day I know that she is up there watching over me.  The second one I got:  This one I got just a few months after my first one, I was pretty much hook