Prompt #21: Lessons Learned

3 Lessons for My 17-Year-Old Self

There is still time

Cat Strav
Crow’s Feet
Published in
3 min readMar 11, 2024

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An elderly woman’s hand holding an infant’s.
Photo by Rod Long on Unsplash

When I look back at those photos of myself more than 40 years ago, I can’t believe how beautiful I was. Not Twiggy or Christie Brinkley, but me with a pug nose and full lips and a smattering of acne.

We are all beautiful and don’t realize it

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Cat Strav
Crow’s Feet

Yogi. Wordsmith. Hutch Pup. Diagnosed with I.O. (idiotic optimism) since an early age.