ellanoor

Raised to be a big-city lady, Ella now lives in a tiny mountain town in Colorado. Her life has been a series of non sequiturs: Belgium, ice cream, big mountains, Arabic, car camping, California olive oil, and Outward Bound. Ella loves to write and desperately wants to be a Writer (capital W) but, frankly, finds the entire process terrifying.

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By ellanoor • 8 years ago

12 years too late

Dear 14-Year-Old Me,

You know the line in that A. A. Milne poem Mom always recites: “But now that I’m six I’m as clever as clever, so I think I’ll stay six for ever and ever?” It’ll be another four years before you really understand why that’s ironic and funny.