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...

Os taht eodmv ,erhe ew ivogln mltrneepayn chum it. Toghhu vu'eoy oury asw uoy it rwee ouy the erev nda vahe ,dedne vel,o nfredis adn ndiugr it ,hda dah it enev strif faetiulu,b hyppa steb ouy os. 'tehlly nda o!ot scres,popt lewl lfheloypu ewn uoy won vhae og.
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Yamr weer uyo nda ear hterniace ritgh dre,ol. Dedi in nda st,smye syda uyo you utb ohsa hda mya, tsbe het emoh folgowiln go eht porputs uoyr ristndeebf ntsep o'ctdlun teh - unfrela nda rmya ofr whit. Emytss cuhm a gvihna uprpost geeyvtirnh ot mkaes i,t gnstguiglr mi' ospsecr so nvee lltis encyrtulr reesai uhtgoh. Ardorwf eht so chum ot to uyo cks,due sbte asol btu ti reya saw tshi - vahe okol. Nda ,afr eb tosm iefl 18 so i dngiienf was ohep 17 ryea of ilwl oury hte oto. E!lwl - naernig lrbieter ginttxe ryleal at,ar fsreind thye istll gcleoel ew iaerld,n tgohuh sicmu tr,ninea sutngidy in ethm teh dna rweharda en'isgnra in nad dan at its - eenv rea rea okrwgin ni ald'nosl at ddnnertaus nlbidu nocor ltlsi, lwli er'ew ablel, sitll ggoni etros nldola. Uirojn raelyl at od ahha matter all ton not hwta w,ere ruetlss ctre i eyth ebmemrre ym od. Hte y,cortcrel ady obinxg, ipkdesp teh xnte beermrme fi tddi'n soolhc t?gihr do dna i ew.
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Utb 'yrueo tommen, nwok mite tsin' yr'uoe ta a i ncidovecn yardibth it naivgh si dan goruh oryu hte ucde,rs. You ye'our ousrefyl eeorneyv ot ot adn eanrl ingog be eolv pphya, o'urey ol'ylu adn adn ot uryo nfdi lppoe,e iongg aonrdu uoyfrles. But adn het ihws yo,u nsoveir yongu bmud fo i of a oyu tyhsbidra tisappeh isltl updsit ormf riwse. I bt,rtee tegs rmepois it yuo.
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Ouy durpo m'i fo. Etsb hatts eo'ryu yrou nad htta asrmtte iogdn all. Ahpyp sah hyrbadti odl 16 eyar.

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