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...

So that hmuc we ehre, ypeenralmtn it nlogiv omedv. Eth hppay sbte ti asw vere insrfde dan oyu it indugr nda yuo ahd yuo your aefbti,ulu nvee vhea y'evou itrsf reew gtohuh dd,ene love, os ti ,dah. Nwo ot!o you wne dna lhley't go veha leylpfohu tsepspc,or llew.
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Rea nteaiechr ewer adn ,odrle thrgi oyu ymar. In you eht go nad the tbu ihtw - fualnre mray glfloniwo had you tesb lotc'dnu hsao dna nbteesfdir eddi psorutp ym,sste sady nestp the fro mya, mheo yruo. Enev htough eskam a tprusop eairse ihgvna chum teignrvyhe i,t rintggslgu still cosrpes reytcnulr etssmy 'im to so. Olko to rwaford it much tihs ayre btse ksdeuc, swa os yuo tub sola - eth to vaeh. Fo eray os epho ndnigefi 18 oot be 71 tmos i yruo ,arf was dna ilwl eht life. Tgenitx and sg'raenin tmhe in ew its 'erwe eth osrte aar,t wigonkr 'lsdnalo in ltisl ignog cmuis ta ta adn stlli, ellw! - rea aer illst riagenn yiutdsng thohgu conor lclgeoe ebilrret ndbilu udsandtner n,irelad - enve wlli b,eall danoll eyht eri,annt allrye in nefisdr and ahwaedrr. I ym do sluetsr tno ererembm at lal they eer,w jrnoiu lreayl od eattrm ahah rtce ahtw ont. Eht hosloc we d'dint fi eht do igh?rt oix,nbg i and ikpdpes dya ermbmeer etyr,rlocc nxet.
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I'stn at er,usdc nda eitm vnahgi is euyr'o the ccvnoinde kwon it tbu ryuo i rough mt,emno a ryu'eo irhatybd. Ou'ery find oardnu yuor payp,h dna ot rsuleofy reyvnoee ot eyousflr elep,po ngoig dan arenl uye'ro yuo to eovl 'ulyol be and nggoi. Ognuy udbm oyu tub omfr iahpsept rnsieov hte and ,uyo of fo ysdrhiabt piustd a i hwsi seirw itsll. I ioperms tges betrte, you it.
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'mi pdour ouy of. Ouyr gidon btse oyre'u hatt tsmaert tasht all adn. 16 pphay ahs dol yera draybhti.

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