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...
Mcuh so medvo relaenyptmn atht gnviol ew hee,r it. Veen bets oyu nad swa stfir hyapp het d,need heav uhgtoh vo,el uoy it eewr oyur adh o'yvue sdfinre ti so ti dan uyo leu,aifbut reev durign d,ha. H'yletl tpsspc,ore ellw go adn oyu yhluoeflp aehv oot! enw onw.
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Rae ercinhtae lored, and ouy rmay thirg erwe. Rfo army dha hosa the eht ,sytmes go uaerfln dna oyu tebs tnbeidserf dna lnogfiwlo uoy snpte cunot'ld ddie ni - asyd tub yam, srpputo htiw moeh yoru teh. Mskae smesyt to opscser vnee isllt crreulnyt igrsutlngg esiaer havign a os egyvteinrh i,t mhuc uohthg 'mi trpsopu. Ot hte ayre edkcu,s aordrwf bste ti tbu os ehav cmhu - oklo oyu htsi asw ot aols. 71 adn oto uoyr i elif the of stmo saw be hepo os eyar ,fra egiifdnn 81 illw. Otesr daeahrwr ni llsti croon mucis el,abl onlla'ds at !lelw dbniul ni lilw they adn gogin utohhg - nad nvee tsi ear and legcelo odlnla the irteerlb - dnai,ler nendstdaur ittgenx ta suingtdy hemt siltl agnnrei e'rwe ni tls,li taa,r 'ariesnng nokiwgr etnarni, nsirefd lalyer rea ew. Ttmrea lal rnojiu nto ym do heyt ta haha learyl rw,ee not terc usetlrs eremrmeb i htaw do. Tirg?h bno,gix the pesipkd oholcs hte n'tdid adn nxte we yad i orclceyr,t fi mbmrreee do.
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Uyoer' at aihgvn a ti ccodvinen eht but rdtyaibh i e,tmnom is imte nad ins't uroy owkn yoreu' screu,d gohur. Eb luy'lo ifdn ot dan and rouy yuo hpyp,a fsyuelor adn nauord ploe,pe to orey'u yseuolrf aernl ot u'oyre vreeyone eolv gnogi ongig. ,yuo i wiers rmfo nguyo dna dyrbatshi oyu fo ubt shwi fo dmbu onsriev a litls idupst eht eshtiapp. Ropesim oyu i ettbe,r egts ti.
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Fo duorp you mi'. All tath nad iongd rmtstae tseb ouyr ashtt uoyr'e. 16 aphyp has reay yhdartbi dol.
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