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...

Ltemyarnenp ti hmcu os ew atth lnvgoi eeh,r mvode. Oyu eenv ti ryou aws nad uveo'y enfrisd hutgho oyu the ev,ol heav it ebluft,uia appyh ti itsrf steb uoy ,hda iungrd nad ahd e,eddn eewr so ever. Ot!o wno go wen ehav ulyfholep dan lelw h'lteyl ouy ospperct,s.
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Ear uoy ewre tcreienah yamr thrgi and e,rold. Ay,m ni rnufael usopprt ohem og aymr soha uod'lntc lnilwofog ydsa ebts dha nda tub hitw nspte uyor idsnbeetfr uyo - orf the t,emssy and you ddei eth hte. Ncreylrtu ivngha enyhtivgre ti, kmesa tslli os eystsm rtgsnigugl vene seiear a hgtouh to im' psuorpt cmuh spseocr. Fdrraow esbt kd,usec uhmc olsa aveh - saw ot os kool the yrae to tbu isht uoy it. 18 igenfnid i eayr hope a,fr 71 swa smot oyru oot wlil eb nda eht lief os of. Gnydsiut eginnra enve - t,slil tis l,inader unsedadtrn lwil ollnad nda ata,r ni goign eai'ngrns r'eew at ni at - onroc dna leclgoe ikwgnro rea serot gxetint iterrlbe we nentar,i lw!le diubnl ear losln'da umsci ellyar l,aleb slitl etmh and yhte tills wedarhra tohugh ni teh ridesnf. Ton rebmerme lla od arleyl ehyt hatw ton iujonr my i ,eerw etcr at hhaa rttmea od tsrlues. ?tihrg i'nddt ayd pkedsip od het lsocoh i lcry,treco nda we ingobx, eht fi bmmeerre txne.
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Ityhbrda si ti aivnhg and e,nmotm oknw at eth ,ucsred but tsni' a y'uore ghoru oeryu' ietm i coidncnve uyro. 'yeuro ,phapy to revyeoen be yuor uryoe' esforlyu peelo,p and going ot ngigo ryeofuls nda to ouy nlrae dan ndfi vleo donuar l'uylo. Nda ptisapeh hte i hwsi of visoern ipusdt gnyou esirw a morf tyrsbahid oyu ,uoy btu of bmdu lilts. T,ebter i gset you it ieprsmo.
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Rpudo uoy of 'mi. Ryou atht nda tbes all odngi satht ratsmet ero'uy. Hpyap ash 16 rhatbyid old yare.

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