Ten Things Thursday

I'm going to try to start to regularly blog a list each Thursday; it will hopefully be a different list each week and hopefully it will be an interesting list each week.  I had been doing a Ten things Tuesday post, back in the day, where I would recall 10 things I was thankful for that day.  I might revert to that, because it's always a good exercise to reflect on things God has blessed me with, but for now, I'd like to challenge myself a bit and see what else I can come up with...

TEN THINGS I WISH I KNEW WHEN I WAS TWELVE...

1. Boys are different than girls; don't expect them to be something they aren't.
2. Pregnancy would not make me glow, in fact, quite the opposite.
3. As hard as I might try, I would still turn out more like my mother than I ever hoped to.
4. Portion control.
5. That trying to be every body's favorite would cost me more than I even know, right now.
6. Big things do come in small packages.  
7. Being a stay-at-home mom would be a more difficult job than my mom made it look.
8. God gives good gifts, and He takes good gifts away, too.
9. Getting straight "A's" doesn't amount to much.
10. Some friends will be friends forever.  Choose wisely.