A letter from Sep 18, 2022

Peaceful right?

Dear FutureMe, hey! happy eighteenth birthday!! i’m actually writing this on the eighteenth instead of our actual 16th birthday, but it’s more or less two years anyway. how are things? the last couple of weeks have been really ******, and i think i’m finally slipping out of denial. i miss grandad. yesterday we were at mary and catherine’s for a bit, they’re both looking a lot older. maybe that’s just me. anyway, how was australia? only like 75 days to go for me!! i’m doing work experience at the gaelscoil right now, it’s cool. nicola referred to us both as the adults in the room and it made me giggle. are you still friends with bella, tara, tiernan, conor etc? i still hate bella’s friends but what can you do. are you in a relationship yet? how were the junior cert results? there’s still no clarification on when they’re coming out. i just hope i do well in science. do you still want to study neuroscience? i hope donall and grainne are good. hopefully mary and catherine are still around, i’m very much aware of mortality at the moment. if they aren’t, i’m so sorry. i don’t want to go to school tomorrow. we have to do boxing or something lol, would rather die. i hope life is treating you well. you (aged 16 and one day)

Epilogue

1 day later

16 year old ash, you would not believe how much has changed. those 75 days until you go to australia? not only did they go quick, but we ended up...

Cmuh os emovd ttah we taeynlmrnpe ti reeh, givoln. Dan ,velo het oyu so eoyuv' frist nad eirdnfs hda udrign sbte ubea,ulift wsa ti it evre hda, dd,ene eahv rwee you even ti uory uyo tghuho ayphp. Ot!o wne lh'tyel tserpcpo,s go yuo fpluyloeh elwl ahve dan won.
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Rewe etnecrahi ear and amyr o,lrde gthir uyo. Go whit arnfeul usprtop ebts uyor orf oliwogfln dedi mayr sm,stey hoas oyu in ym,a meoh adn uotc'nld psetn the - the tfreeinsbd dan eht adys had ouy ubt. Os chum hoghtu htygivrnee cssepro ot sgurgtngli i'm estmsy gvanhi a uyrterlnc putospr saemk eaesri illst t,i nvee. Vhea it saw olko oyu yaer etsb to edcks,u much teh os rfrdwoa olas ot tbu - sthi. Arye eohp illw be fiel fa,r 18 nda oot 71 os swa figindne most uryo eht of i. Ist isnernga' in isumc nrooc ilwl emht wre'e ltlsi r,aat llew! rae - ni adn anedsdrntu ohhgut eireltbr eiar,nld enev hte toers ethy oiggn nlolad at whdearar sdnl'oal at fnirdes adn rea iubdnl arlyle alelb, kwigrno giysutnd ocgleel anietr,n adn etgtnix - ew stlil ilt,ls eangnir ni. Surestl ont i my eew,r heyt awht rbereemm do rojiun ryalel aahh at do ctre all nto rttmae. Intdd' eth day netx niobx,g the eerbmmre ocshol od corclre,yt ew i adn hi?trg fi kpdseip.
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Si c,dsuer ivcdcneno vaihgn it hgrou a teh dna but ruyo snti' kwon uor'ey mtei ta i 'oryue bidhtyra mtemn,o. Nlare haypp, orvnyeee e,ppelo ognig uolfeyrs oyu fidn ot yorue' eb felruosy to oyl'lu ot uory dan uoadrn gingo dna and vole eryu'o. Guyon sihw ou,y rdbhitasy dubm of of tspdiu the oyu i wiers nad sethppai tub a ienosrv sillt fmor. E,tbrte omrsipe i it steg ouy.
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I'm uyo duorp of. Ahtt igodn etsmrat o'eury and btse lal hstat oyur. 61 dtbairhy has lod ayer pahpy.

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