A letter from Oct 07, 2025

Peaceful right?

Dear Future Me (April 2026), Hey love. Deep breath. You made it another six months. I know things probably haven’t been easy, but I hope you’re proud of yourself for getting here. Whether you’re reading this after a long day or one of those rare calm ones, I hope you know I’m proud of you for still showing up. Are we still working at the school? Still laughing at the chaos, still chasing those little victories with the kids, still trying to find the balance between tired and grateful? Or did life pull us somewhere new? Either way, I hope it feels right — and I hope you’re still doing something that makes you feel like you. I know you’ve been scared for the future. Scared of messing up, scared of change, scared of staying the same. But you’ve always kept going even when you didn’t have it figured out. That’s brave as hell. So, what did the next six months bring? Did you grow? Did anything surprise you? Did things finally start to fall into place a little bit? No matter what, I hope you’re still being kind to yourself. I hope you’re still letting people in. I hope you’re still fighting for joy — even the small kind that shows up in the middle of a mess. You don’t need to have it all together. You just need to keep being real. How’s Sabrina? Did you two finally move in together, or are you still daydreaming about it while cracking jokes about babysitting chaos and “Ohio sizzler” brainrot? I hope you’re still laughing together about everything and nothing. And how’s Miranda? I hope things feel safe, steady, and full of love. You deserve that. With love, Me (October 2025)

Epilogue

about 24 hours later

Dear October Me,

You were so gentle with me in that letter. I don’t think you realized how much I needed that.

So I’m gonna be honest back.

These six...

Rwntee’ o-glupw soem nmos?ht nmogeta heyt. Rwee yhte ssemy. Eahvy. Ti tol eth tlo meti of ilek tlo orhetegt a wlhei nsatiga fo fo inrab ngyitr eekp ym a a flah cni-,ogusdessneg h,ogtninerivk asw egfinel em oigknrw ot.
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’dditn aieaspdrp i tbu.
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Im’ het rcslooeph lislt at. Crtuesutrd slitl slmocsrao in eht. Ni sillt i em dan i trifs utoieqns efiv yhw mkae dnimer mstunei ynhvgereit oshvirbea taht echso gvngiainat ,ratle kwon plaec teh tshi nteh m,e. A in sele tlisl ywa ogudnr disk othes eods tninohg em. Up rela hsmeniogt vnee th,eesadxu elvae fro henw i i i onkw owshed.
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Cabk ceasdl i ghitns. To atth dna lmisit itorn lyaifnl im’ tgnaki fo adtnise nw,o csyhp lsmfey taps nyol inlgnstie em to my was nisghpu hirtg. Dan ?wtha gsseu lctuaayl ’im irnnaegl. Tno ivngrsvui tujs. Atth hnat i etepxced srtetma orme fthsi.
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Kaeds uyo gwre fi i. Eyah. Ptso ppleeo botua teh ni tujs tno wya.
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At my i cahgtinc teebrt fluly thye akte revo tog ebefor islspar. Rgigienonzc nwhe of mvloehredwe mi’ gto ta i eertbt im’ epgierndnt ifen seatdin. Trtesda outbrun i ot aler ont is ofr ahtt xfi“ onhgtemsi tnccpgiea ,me nede i lcasio. ”.
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Dno’t now uto dna i tighr cumh ahgn sa naairsb. Dna em ceras ahtt sued ot. I nmtioshge teman wsa gkieabnr ththguo icndsate. Not ubt s’ti taht. F,iel sjut coen me buato nad ’tsi ebngi fro oehnts engrye my. Tlils ka,tl yeas hwen ’sti we do. Su tisll. Utboa ti kafe ghitonn.
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Riaamdn… dna.
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Aeyr a it ew emda spat. Th14 arhmc. Wno ayer nda a hmtno a. Ntid’d i eb ’id igomnesht say albe ot tah’ts yullf evbleei. Gienb imrnaalifu htemgoisn in feesl ietsemosm llist sienctostn. Msleyf i to fro agtiniw ilslt wrgon hctca mieoghtns og. Who nasdite of rifst aawy i’m aingelrn ot utb stay gliplnu. Em tah’ts fro new.
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Tonmsem ehret dhra ebne llteay haev. Enilaytolom atnm,ylel. Ienfgel tskcu. Klei be leniefg i daeah erthrfu sdhulo. Hatp hgenou, gbien if hte im’ usiqogtenni onigd nohoscig eonuhg, rithg.
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I tub elt ecdedi seoth ethnegryvi hgouttsh ’idtnd.
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’mi erhe lstli. Iltsl gyitrn. Tslil hsigwno ti up veen ssoiplnet nhwe elefs.
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I tdlo edne ouy ti rteoehgt me to dd’int all evha.
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I tndo’.
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Stfri het eikl dan tmi,e n’eodts orf feauirl fele htat.
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Sefel ebgni usjt klei ti umnha.
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Fo druop me d’yuo eb. Don’t ety fi ti eenv izraeel oyu.
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Oelv,.
2)206 ap(ril me.

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