My Dearest Sofia,
Welcome to the world of being a grown-up! You'll soon find it's not as great as everyone makes it out to be.
This is the last one of these letters I'll write to you. I can't believe that you are getting ready to move away to college in a few months. I'm glad you chose to go to UW, though. You'll be living in the dorms, but you'll still be close to home. I guess I'm just not ready for my daughter to be grown up and moving out, having her own life.
I want you to take college seriously, but if you need a break so you don't burn out, do what you have to. I joined the Peace Corps after college and spent a year in Botswana before finally deciding to go to med school. I know you've decided to be pre-med, but if you're doing that only because all of your parents are doctors, don't. Do what makes you happy, we've never forced you to do anything before and we're not going to start now.
When I thought about being a mother, I only ever thought about the things I'd teach my kids, like how to tie their shoes and to drive. I never thought I'd learn so much from you. The one thing I really want you to learn from all of these letters is that the world is the best classroom. Enjoy life, you've been through a lot in your short life, I don't want you to ever worry about anything.
Happy Birthday Sweetie!
Love,
Madre
That's the end! What did you guys think? I've gotten a couple of requests to write a follow up (either a new story or just add a few chapters to this one) of Sofia's reaction when she gets the letters. I wrote this entire story in about 3 days, but decided to torture you all by only posting a chapter a day. Im off the next few days an the weather is supposed to r horrible, so I will be staying in to write a few follow up chapters! I don't know how quickly I'll get them uploaded since I don't have Internet on my computer right now, just my phone. I should have regular Internet access in about a month, but I'll try to have it up sooner.