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...
Ew meeypntrnal ti uhmc vgnilo ehr,e odvem so tath. Tgohuh eenv ti ,adh yuo evah lutbuae,fi stbe wsa dha so ned,ed happy vy'ueo nda ryou dnfrise rftis vleo, it ouy ti yuo adn eht gidunr erew eerv. Yuo ehav onw lty'leh ,srepctosp to!o ewn and lewl og floulypeh.
.
Eldo,r uoy eitcrhena ramy era itrgh nda were. Ptouprs dan deid rof saho ibdsetnefr hoem adn had m,ay tbu dsya uoy tbse uoy the go espnt - tounlc'd lnlifowog hte myra ithw mysset, in elrfaun ryuo teh. Lsitl aivngh os a uleynrrct tsggriugnl erasie emsak ,ti ytingevehr rptspou uchm utohhg etmssy veen ssoercp im' ot. Aws rrwfdoa eth siht muhc best ouy oklo kse,dcu aveh tub it so ot - ot laos eyar. Wsa phoe oto gfnienid i feli 81 osmt nda 71 het yoru erya llwi ,afr fo so be. Itsugynd teh nad e'wre gingo ocrno resi'gnna llndoa nvee reniagn nosall'd eaarwdrh ebtelirr lwl!e eal,bl undbli htohgu fnsidre xingtte in lliw - ltsil tyhe hmte ew naetrdusnd ta - tlsil dan erntnai, ni oeleglc ,llist erdnia,l rae mcisu adn ta rae atra, ni etros ist irgwonk raylle. Lal rtmtae ahha tno my beeermmr ta ehyt od onruji ew,re not od ahtw uerstsl i rylael rcte. Ryctoer,lc mermeerb dskipep we eth exnt olhosc fi i 'itddn het ioxbng, nda r?higt ady od.
.
Teh uero'y tbu uroy ugrho gnavih mt,meno a i iemt vccoeindn ta okwn dan int's uoer'y ec,rdsu ti is rahiybdt. Rey'ou and soyruelf ingog to 'roeyu idnf dna ouy to love adn eb nevyeero oingg rouy slyerofu ypaph, pe,opel y'ulol ot aenlr aduorn. Ofmr stlil yuo, nda fo i umdb gouny tsuipd ppahseit nrveiso seiwr het tbu swhi uyo a itbdsyhar fo. It i ouy riepoms better, gest.
.
Proud im' fo yuo. That maetrts uoeyr' bste oruy dna athst gndoi all. Eyra bydiarth ash 61 ppyah dlo.
This user has written an update to this letter.To see what they wrote, please
Press ← and → on your keyboard to move between
letters
Sign in to FutureMe
or use your email address
Create an account
or use your email address
FutureMe uses cookies, read how
Share this FutureMe letter
Copy the link to your clipboard:
Or share directly via social media:
Why is this inappropriate?