Author and former TV presenter Jessica Rowe has taken to social media to share a heartwarming message to her 16-year-old self.
Rowe shared her words of wisdom for 16-year-old Jess.
(Image: Instagram)The 52-year-old shared the video to Instagram on Tuesday afternoon, offering her words of wisdom to her younger self.
“My darling girl, life will change. It is not going to stay the same. Even though it feels like you’re stuck,” said Rowe.
“Your terrible skin – it will clear up. I promise you that. It doesn’t matter that you don’t understand physics. You’re never going to understand it and it is very boring. No one is going to ask you about the marks that you got at school. It doesn’t matter,” she continued.
“There will be some pretty exciting things that will happen for you.”
(Image: Instagram)Touching on her over 20 year career in television, Rowe told her teenage self, “You are going to travel. You’re going to spread your wings and have the most extraordinary adventures. You won’t be a foreign correspondent, but there will be some pretty exciting things that will happen for you.”
“You’re going to kiss a lot of frogs. They’ll break your heart, but you’re going to find the right person for you.”
For Rowe, the right person came in the form of Nine News presenter Peter Overton. The couple married in 2004, with Rowe regularly entertaining fans with inside looks at her family fun, as well as her escapades as a “crap housewife.”
Rowe and Overton share two daughters, Allegra and Giselle.
(Image: Instagram)Rowe has been consistently candid with her experiences of motherhood, sharing her struggles with postnatal depression.
The author previously spoke to Now To Love about her experience as a mum of two teenage girls.
“Being a parent, I’m learning, it’s a series of letting go’s. Each stage from when they’re born. Crawling, taking their first steps, going to daycare, going to school, having sleepovers, going to high school. All these things … it’s all this series of letting go’s.”
The self-proclaimed crap housewife has candidly shared her stories of motherhood.
(Image: Instagram)Fans resonated with Rowe’s sage advice to herself, with one fan writing, “You may well be a Crap Cook lol .. but you really are a beautiful, kind-hearted, fun loving person. Keep on shining that bright, positive, happy light of yours! You’re so uplifting Jess.”
“That made me cry and laugh. I think we can all relate to this. Chase joy – sums it up beautifully,” added another.
Although Rowe offered her younger self a number of handy tips, her overall takeaway was a heartwarming messaged to “chase the life, my darling girl, [that’s] full of joy.”
