Amanda Seyfried's Letters To Juliet: Who Am I?

Have you ever seen the movie Letters to Juliet? It is a movie about a girl, who in a low point in her life, finds a letter in a wall while aboard in Italy. This letter was written years earlier and shocked the girl, played by Amanda Seyfried, to her very core. This letter ends up bringing her on a journey where she finds happiness. My story is much like this one, except it takes place on college move in day, the letter was from my mom, and I found it while she was still in my room. Other than these few differences Amanda and I go on very similar journeys—minus the gorgeous Italian who haves the day. My parents and I left Sioux Falls, South Dakota at 8:00am with Bethel University as the destination. We packed my mom’s Ford Explorer as full
At this point in my life, I was not use to being surrounded by that many people at once, so it is safe to say that my nerves escalated through the roof. I come from a high school with a graduating class of 65, so to see what could be 5 of my high schools put together in one place was unreal. My stuff was moved in by the time that I was able to climb the three flights of stairs to what I would soon become my home. My roommate was already in there so we awkwardly exchanged hellos but our parents eased the tension with meaningless conversation about home and their other kids. Through the entirety of time I was stressed out, more than I think I ever have been in my life. Everything seemed to upset me; I was not having a positive experience with my move
We were never best friends like you see in Gilmore Girls, but that does not that she does not love me any less than Lorelai loves Rory. Mom has an unconditional love for me that I tend to take advantage of, she understands that I am emotional and scared person. Mom takes the anger that I occasionally express towards life and turns it into more love for me. It has taken me over 18 years, and one move into college to realize that. Reading Mom’s letter was a metaphor for the role and person that she plays in my life. She knows what I need, when I need it, and exactly how to give it to me, even from 250 miles