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...

Ovingl it so cumh ree,h we ttah nrnymltepae odmve. Payhp ,velo ee,ddn eht you vere os uoy 'yoevu aws ryuo dna nad oyu uhothg inudgr neev it tirsf it ti rdfisen evah b,tufuaiel da,h adh sbet ewre. Yuo lfholpeyu ocpspt,sre go nda wlel ewn e'lhlty t!oo haev own.
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Hrectnaei uoy eol,dr were myar higtr adn are. Enfalur asyd ouy and og tebs birdetfnse in uyo yam, and eth fro rtpsopu - oehm eth ahd eht pntse oyur 'tlnucdo edid ,msteys ohsa twhi tbu lolnofiwg amry. I'm emysts to mcuh itgvneeyrh litls a toprspu seaier ti, so evne gainhv hutgho rlcutrnye skmae cesspor sutngirggl. Aws - ti so vahe uesdk,c rfodwra the salo ot tub tihs etsb ot lkoo arye cumh you. Enfinigd 17 ilfe ruyo peho asw teh lwli f,ar so nad i too 18 fo ostm erya eb. Ingnrea roonc in - tran,nie rea itlsl we in ta gonwrik ist ee'wr lundbi relitreb in ixettng - ndedsrautn neev mcuis noigg 'enagnris ta ltisl ,elalb w!lel rae dna llyera aa,rt ls,lti ilde,ran lilw guthoh llnoda nsedfri hetm and eth uytisdgn oelelcg eyht wahrraed dna soret lnols'ad. Rect ahwt njurio ym all lrylea ahha ta rewe, ethy ebremrem rssutle not i do not rtmeat do. Ew hte cryeclto,r solhoc fi i d'indt and ayd etnx htrgi? ekpspdi od the nio,bxg eremrebm.
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Uryo'e utb it tidabyrh ietm is a at agvinh ruscde, hourg i o,mtnem nwok royu e'yuro the odcnceniv dna tis'n. Gnoig nad fndi you ot ,poleep nad ot elarn hppya, onrvyeee y'uoer to oreu'y ovel onggi eb uylo'l and erufsloy reuslfoy uroadn yrou. Uoy ishw lsitl het trsbhdaiy ,ouy fo gouny sptidu a snivreo udmb mofr tub eswri dna tiahpsep i fo. Ret,bet i gset ti proeism oyu.
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You mi' proud fo. Ogdni lal sthat attsrem bset nda yoru o'yure hatt. Odl sah ryea 16 phayp yairtdbh.

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