A letter from March 20th, 2023

Peaceful right?

Dear FutureMe, You just had your 23rd birthday. I hope this reaches you in a better headspace. I hope you’re out of the military, and in a place you want to be. I hope you’re still alive, three suicide attempts within a year, and somehow we’re still kicking. Did you learn to make it on your own? Are you still close with Jada, or did that fizzle out. Is she doing well? **** I can’t even think of things to write that don’t involve her. She’s going to be great. **** you I don’t have to write you ****. I don’t even know if you’ll receive this you depressed sack of ****. 6 more months of ********? A year more? Who the **** are we hanging on for, what are we living for?

Epilogue

12 months later

Dear PastMe,

I’m sorry for the late reply, I think at the time I didn’t know how to tell you that...

Mi’ gte ti erebtt, eehr lsitl but ditd’n.
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Yhte stla gloern paeashcde utb etrteb ,geos now a mseoc and. O,ut a okrw ayirtlmi now to eth tr,ayiilm tgo wnet eabs nda cllege,o a out on derpopd uyo sa of caotrrctno. Uro ckkan ofr eaniretgp we aevh a imtkases.
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Gneo jaads’. Erew got ehtad oyu uyo het kcba seh npoesr ehwn. Dna ntatlba to mhuc adiesrrdg fro etrufu irgidnkn oto nldco’ut a uoy iinlvg imaieng. E’shs goind uohhtg gmiaazn tills.
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I oiatrnpyf ouy si stju ouyr r,eag itangsa dna rettle btu ti of ’twno teh ohld rest. Se’ther na’tre vgnili lislt iotsdeu yteaub pureops ubt we of fro n,hgyntia. Taht hester’ litrvai uyor si so’edtn ceiesxetn to eb anem ujts no caesueb esoran r,ehe.
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Eb nda stnad rlobde, pu ,krdein sahgrtti. Cormtfo het fdin taendusdnr treinncase almytica of adn ca,soh ni. Atht i’stn etebtr i am rorys it so. The ouy soyrr ’im the y,prhric nda ruo ttah at owh eovr us, of ttha oyu nt’ca orvtciy etnlam eeubacs ayn yrros nlliess eb eomnoes love npai wa,ay htose ndese kalw cost luwdo i’m reeh of.

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