For as long as I can remember, I have had one phrase on repeat in my head.

“This too shall pass.”

Sometimes I whisper it. Sometimes I mutter it under my breath while doing the dishes. And yes, sometimes I have absolutely said it out loud to my own reflection, usually while wondering how I got here and why my hair is doing that today.

Life has a way of piling things on all at once. The beautiful stuff, the hard stuff, the “how is this even real” stuff. Mine has been full and loud and imperfect and deeply human. I have been incredibly lucky, and I have also worked very hard for the life I have.

So when my team asked me to write a love letter to my younger self, I smiled… and then immediately thought, oh boy.

Because what do you even say to the girl with braces, a questionable haircut, and a head full of dreams she has no idea how to reach yet?

After sitting with it for a bit, I realized I know exactly what I would say.

Sweet soul,

You are magnificent.

You are braver than you think.
Stronger than you know.
Worth more than you could ever imagine.

You are full of fire and confidence right now. Guard it with your whole heart. Do not let anyone dim it, borrow it, or convince you that you are “too much.” If you lose it, you will spend years trying to get even a sliver of it back.

In a few years, everything is going to change. It will feel scary and overwhelming and wildly unfair. Please remember this.

You are still loved.
You are still full of song and spirit.
You are still you.

Do not let fear knock you off your path. Let change shape you, not shrink you.

You are going to have big moments and quiet ones. You are going to dance across a stage in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and feel like the world is yours. You are going to fall in love many times. You are going to become a mother young, then again, and again, and again, in ways you never planned but will never regret.

You are going to be broken so badly that getting up off the floor feels impossible. You are going to be scared. You are going to be angry. You are going to question everything you thought you knew about yourself.

And then, at 26, you are going to meet the greatest man you will ever know. You will fall in love hard and fast. You will build a life that feels steady and wild at the same time. You will travel. You will laugh. You will lose in ways that steal your breath and make you wonder how you will ever smile again.

And somehow, you will.

You are going to build a business. It will be the hardest and most rewarding thing you have ever done. It will stretch you, humble you, exhaust you, and light you on fire. You will build it for women like you. Real women with real bodies, real lives, real chaos, and real joy.

You will wear wild patterns and bold prints and clothes that make you feel comfortable and confident, sometimes on the same day you feel anything but. And one day you will realize that comfort is not giving up. It is choosing yourself.

You will learn that confidence is not about fitting in. It is about feeling at home in your own skin.

You will learn that your body is not a problem to solve. It is a place you get to live.

This is why SweetLegs exists.

Not to tell women how to look.
Not to ask permission.
Not to fit into someone else’s idea of what is flattering or acceptable or “appropriate.”

SweetLegs was built for real life. For school drop offs and grocery runs. For heartbreak and healing. For dancing in the kitchen and crying in the bathroom. For women who are doing their best and want to feel good while doing it.

If I could say one last thing to my younger self, it would be this.

Wear what makes you feel like you.
Trust your gut.
Love hard.
Rest when you need to.
And remember, no matter how heavy it feels…

This too shall pass.

And something beautiful will follow.