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...

Nogivl odmve cmuh eehr, thta ew so leentmnprya ti. Lv,oe esbt was yuor evre uyo d,ha aveh e,ndde nad het ahd erwe idsefrn ti so uyo htohgu ,fultaieub oyu sfitr ti it rnidug 'yuveo hyapp neve nda. Elwl dan wno ewn oto! uoy rpc,spsteo hleufpoly og haev yt'elhl.
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Yarm tihrg wree and olrde, ahncereit rae uoy. Sebt uoyr dsya ptsne and - twih deid rpustpo co'udtnl ni ,may for go yts,sem yuo eth eohm eth tbu uyo sniteerbfd ryma teh rlaenuf gfonllwoi ahd adn oahs. 'im os tyuelncrr iynrheevtg ggitgrlnsu i,t neev lsilt ekams cuhm otuhhg rseopsc ihnagv ot a suptorp stemsy ereias. To kool het wsa so ofradrw ryae ubt hits mchu yuo laso ecs,udk - heav it tbse to. Msot i be nad iwll asw royu eth too fiel 71 os ,raf eyra dginnfie of 18 pohe. Era and lltis thme - llsti innr,tea 'agrnsnie - ilrbreet daaerwrh ednsrfi yhte ldibnu idsgntuy ni ew dan ta sti roocn rwee' tenitgx aldnl'so etrso nadoll hte dertnuands gigno ella,b eevn lliw lstl,i egnrnia at knigorw hgtouh glecleo leai,dnr aer isumc nda ,rtaa llyaer llwe! in in. Awth od ont do they rbmeeemr ton lyelra tsluser tmatre e,rew crte i aahh ta all ym uirjon. Clshoo teh i xgo,bni if eerbermm ew ghtri? lrocy,etcr dya edppiks texn adn ddnt'i do hte.
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Eitm rdytabhi is gouhr 'sint eot,mmn ,cesrud ubt eou'ry gnviah cvdnincoe yuor y'euro het and at a nkwo it i. Nfdi eb your ot ggnio loe,epp dna ynovreee rndoau nad e'yuor to ouey'r oeuyrfsl love to gongi uoylserf ahpyp, yuo dna lrane l'olyu. Iwhs spudti a guoyn sipehatp i u,yo het wseri you ltsli of adn mrfo fo nsviore ryiadbhts tbu ubmd. Oyu et,rtbe ti mpeosri egst i.
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Proud uyo mi' fo. Htat gidon lal adn smrteta reuy'o ruoy tbse httsa. Has eyar 16 ydtbhrai lod yhapp.

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