(OR What I would tell my niece if I were to get to play with her this holiday weekend and if she would listen but of course she wouldn't because she is a tweenager.)
This is it: Life is Good! It is fun to grow up and it gets more FUN every year older you grow!!! In these adolescent years there is some pain but you have to have it to learn what it is and how to live beyond it! You are a VERY lucky girl! You live in the perfect town in the perfect region and you are born to parents with plenty of resources for you to use to grow the life of your dreams. Enjoy your artistic nature and enjoy your growing up body and don't worry about ANYTHING! Mommy and Daddy are busy but if there is ANYTHING you really might need to worry about tell them and let them fix it!
BUT, listen to me now.....
You are not sick. You do not have a mysterious illness with a fancy name. YOU ARE FINE! Your body is changing and you have a sensitive tummy. Yes, since you were three months old you have responded to turbulence or disruption in your enviroment by getting sick to your stomach. Your Mom has this too. You have very active radar and keen instincts and if you learn to listen to your tummy and embrace this ability it will make your life very interesting. Eventually you will just "hear" what your tummy is telling you without getting sick. For now you could just pay attention to what is going on around you when your tummy starts whispering its warnings! Cultivate that awareness. I think you will be amazed to realize that that organ at your core is not your enemy but your great ally! Make friends!
Also dear, you are a Leo. You need to be in command. You need to rule your kingdom. That predisposes you to growling and all kinds of displays when you have to yield part of your kingdom to anyone else. So when Audrey was born you had to get busy claiming and reclaiming your lands and your subjects! The greatest hardship to you was that your folk's attention was diverted and so Audrey became "the occupation"...and when your growling and charging and tail switching didn't have the needed effect you found another weapon. Your own health. You learned that if you had a health issue your folks responded with their attention. I want to say this to you about that, my little Lioness-it is only a couple of years until you can be in charge of the whole thing! You will own your own life. You will have your own "Nation". You will build palaces to your own liking and choose your subjects based on their worth in your life's design and not only on kinship! You will earn the admiring attention you crave by pursuing what you love and choose for yourself!
When that time comes, you will not need your illnesses anymore but they may stick to you for awhile...get rid of them now! They will have less hold on you later the earlier you release them. When you do, replace them with ART of every kind! Music and dancing and acting and any old thing thing you fancy, in whatever measure appeals to you. Ignore the elders when they scold you for not practicing or sticking with a new media. Explore baby! Fill yourself with this!
Then know this: if it gets scary come to me! I will remind you that you are loved so so much and that you have a great purpose! That you are first, last and always my lucky Lydia! You don't need any add-ons or gadgets to have my entire admiration! And my girl, you will be in my heart this weekend and always. Even when we do not see each other you are with me and I am with you! That never changed and never will. Promise.
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