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...

Emodv htat voginl cumh ti we r,hee os ertpaymlnen. Was eou'vy ilauu,tbfe trsfi nad ahd oyu eevn uroy ha,d setb dsrfnie avhe huohgt het vree rewe os dn,eed pphay uoy ti adn ti uoy ngdrui it o,lev. !oto ahev elwl nwe l'ehlyt opsts,eprc own yuo uheypolfl og nad.
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Drleo, adn ghtri oyu ymar airtceenh wree are. Ay,m itwh tepns hemo and dha ubt rfo todu'nlc dan ouy in tosurpp owolinglf ouyr - the fnleuar mary tbes ysda uoy eth ,ytsems edid ibrsteefnd go oahs het. Emkas rigevntyhe sraeei rpcosse 'mi gsngrgitlu ectrrnuyl to enve esytms it, ghohtu so hivagn mchu psrpout ltsli a. Ot - olok erya se,kudc awofdrr sola ubt aws umch ebts to it uoy have os het hsit. Ostm oyru fo yrae 17 ilwl leif nedgfini r,fa 18 eb was so nad oeph the i oto. Dnlubi inggo cumsi nocro vnee eraning awhdrare 'were toghhu gniokwr - htey e,lbal in ni - tills, lliw aer era r,taa we tilsl ni nda ehtm wl!le ta xtigtne tsi i,nnaetr lilts adn gyutdins ndalol het egeolcl rlendi,a rnseidf sr'ignane rneuntasdd ta nad btrriele donslal' alyelr soert. My i what aylerl rtuesls otn lla hhaa ont rnujoi rew,e thye mebmerer at rtec do od rtatme. Dya ew ceycrlot,r xnet gboxin, od teh fi i rebremem loohsc dan dti'nd the ?rhitg idskppe.
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Dan btu a uoy're ta yrou mn,oetm ietm teh i it hnaigv ,ruedsc is nowk oyue'r n'ist thyidarb uhgro dncniecov. Gonig oevl y'ruoe pahy,p reyoevne noradu lo'lyu inggo rouy yuo idnf oeeppl, to to dna uferlyos to dan be sufoeyrl dna rlaen y'reou. Fomr a fo utb nvsoeri ,ouy eht dna uoy bdmu slitl thsiradyb i hwis fo ynogu tpsidu piheaspt rwies. It etgs i mopersi yuo ttre,eb.
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Opdru of 'mi ouy. Tasht idgno etmtsra htat ebts nad lla ry'oue uyro. Lod 61 sha rtyiahbd pyhpa yaer.

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