dear lauren: no worries

dear lauren,

earlier today you said you worry that you worry too much.

i have a deep quote for you.

it's by ferris bueller.

"life moves pretty fast.
if you don't stop and look around once in a while,
 you might miss it."

i don't know if that even makes sense in this situation.

i just thought of it.

you can take it as, don't worry about stuff you can't change. just focus on today, and focus on what makes you happy.

everything

is

going

to

be

okay.

just a second ago i accidentally walked in on you and mom having a discussion

about life

and other serious stuff like that.

you were worried about all the people who have cancer

and all the babies who die right after they're born.

how come all that stuff happens?

mom told you everything happens for a reason

and that if we don't know what it feels like to be sad

we could never know what it feels like to be happy.

dad told you about the plan of salvation

and how if we're strong on earth

we can live with heavenly father forever.

that's a long time.

don't be scared.

it's all going to be fine.

i love you.

nathan loves you.

derek loves you.

kurt loves you.

dad loves you.

mom loves you.

God loves you.

Christ loves you.

i gon b okay.
hakuna matata, you know?

love, nicole

 



dear lauren: swing

dear lauren,

we went over to the neighbor's play ground and just talked.

i don't think we've done that together in a

long

time.

it was nice.

we swung on the swing and talked some more

about what we're naming our kids

and funny things that happened this week.

i thought it was cute that we were swinging on the swing

because that's what our mural is going to be of.

us on a swing.

i really like you, lauren.

i'm glad we're sisters.

love, nicole

 



dear lauren: paintbrush

dear lauren,

mom told us to sleep in today.

we didn't.

i was lying awake in bed at about eight

and i was staring at the wall

thinking how much prettier it would be if it was painted.

i thought, i'm going to paint a mural on that wall.

not just any mural.

it will be of you and me.

i told you my idea, and you said you wanted to help.

i said sure.

you said while i'm getting ready to paint the wall

you wanted to paint a picture of a paintbrush.

that's really cool.

maybe today mom will let us start.

love, nicole