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...

Ttha er,he os we mcuh vemdo ptyrmaneeln lgnivo ti. Uoy were uoy dsiefnr oyru so hte fsrti haypp ,ednde ohhtgu vnee yuo ti bset vaeh ha,d and lufbat,eiu ahd ,love iugrdn 'eoyvu swa ti and ti vere. Dna cposptser, evha ouy eflyluoph now to!o wlel 'hllety enw go.
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Ear arym nad aerthenci wree uyo gitrh rel,od. Tihw meoh uyo - og ni ofr rppstuo eidd eth ahd esbt and mstsy,e ryuo hte lwoolfnig tbu efaunlr eht ntpes eefrsibdtn adn onuldc't aym, aosh ryam dsay yuo. Raiees ahinvg systme ti, spcrsoe ryetnclru msake tuohgh a to opupstr tllis im' gtigglurns so mcuh ethrengyvi neev. Oasl but yuo eavh drorwfa umhc - stbe to asw ihst os loko dkec,su eth ti to raye. Het oot and ,fra 17 flie pheo asw be so liwl raey 18 fngnedii i ruoy fo omst. Ythe olcelge oconr eragnin laodnl llits nad nrdfsie atnn,ier eht b,aell ni even lleary dlibnu icsmu kirwnog ist - nad at lt,sli stero irebletr iggno rae sntgdiuy adn ilan,der houhgt ,taar w'ere ta aharwedr rendudsant era ew !lelw olsdaln' ni llsit lilw erasin'gn gtnitex meth ni -. Ta atwh e,wre they od bmemeerr od not lla esurtls i tno aetmtr ujorin crte hhaa my lylrae. Yad netx di'tnd nda ew ibg,onx the i teh oschol ,rtreycloc emermbre hgrit? dpekspi fi do.
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Adbyirht dan at yoreu' itme tm,oemn ntsi' ingavh noecncdiv ueo'yr ruc,dse i het btu horug it wnok ouyr is a. Daunro leeo,pp to anler yue'ro ursyloef ,ypaph ot uoyr'e oyu ngiog lvoe dan ryuo elrufyos nad ot and gnigo uolly' vreeyone indf be. Isrwe wish oyu, nda goyun ibstrahyd utb listl eth ouy rmof a patphsei bmdu i of of esvnior suidtp. Yuo i ,tbreet sgte mreoips ti.
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Ordpu fo mi' ouy. Athst lla emttasr nad 'rouey thta ryuo dogin bset. Htriadby ayer pahpy ldo sha 61.

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