What Would My 16 Year Old Self Would Say to Me?

Lately I’ve been wondering, “What Would My 16 Year Old Self Would Say to Me?” That’s him on the right. 

• Nice beard! Aren’t you glad I started it? But what happened to the colour?
• And where did all my hair go?
• I saw you on Facebook. Sure glad we didn’t have that when we were in high school. Imagine all the stupid stuff people would know. And mom will never know. 
• I think it’s really cool you followed God and our dream of working in Christian camping. 
• Hey, remember that girl you kissed in the center lounge at Camp Ambassador as a camper? Yeah, me neither.
• 16 was our first summer on staff at Camp Ambassador. We first got the camp name Moose (named for the Archie comics character). That’s stuck for 40 years now. 
• It’s kind of amazing you lived through all the stupid things you tried. God must still have work for you to do. 
• So you got married. Elaine is great!
• You have three great girls (some sense of humour God has after growing up in a house of 4 boys).
• And three grand-kids! WOW! That’s cool. Which one is your favourite? 
• Did you ever tell dad about… yeah, never mind. 

If you got a message from your 16 year old self, what would it say?