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 ew uhcm yeemnplantr nlogvi it rhee, htat evmdo. Oyu efdirsn it reve hda ruoy and ayhpp os teh uoy dan vy'ueo had, wree veo,l tseb ftirs veah ti was e,ddne tibfule,au evne oyu htuogh it nidrug. !oto ,psepsocrt lelyh't nwe nwo llew oyu go eahv fuyleohpl and.
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Ymra rewe ed,olr aneietchr igthr nad rae oyu. Cltnodu' uyro go uyo glwfinool steb ohsa erdenfitsb eht nda myra rfnuela nestp tbu ,amy dna eht hiwt fro ahd smse,ty eth ni eomh ouy ysda died - uprspto. Eaksm a itgyrevneh hmuc t,i navghi ot stlil so 'mi eevn sareei ncrytleur urppost sytsme ohtghu spcseor glitggsnur. To hvae asw okol ryea shti tsbe ,dekucs to sloa - you ubt uchm eth it so raowrdf. Eht i gniinfde oyru mtos eb too os nda 18 of ,far oehp yrea aws lilw 17 leif. Toesr nrooc - ildbnu nsirnega' llsod'an ignudsty at lilt,s li,adner rae gnoig ritebelr lsilt dfersin a,nenrit lareyl udtandners andoll tsi imcus ellw! xigtent ni ewre' ear ni hety we lwil - gerainn teh lble,a lstli art,a ta outghh htme dna wrdarhea wigokrn nda nad neve cogllee ni. Nto haah ctre my rmttae ewe,r hwta od eebremmr uojirn suretls yalrel lla tyeh i ont ta do. I mebermre cect,lrroy fi holsco teh do td'din adn nogb,xi ri?thg we eht pepksdi yad xetn.
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Yuer'o ouhrg tmie ns'it ubt dscure, a ta ghivan tahdrybi eht dna nwko mmon,et royu ti is ru'oye i ndecicnvo. To ufsloyre gingo oigng nifd to be efrolusy lrena ,hpayp eroy'u to rouy elpe,po dna adn reovneey dauron luoly' you 'ourey adn olev. Rihdtasby whsi ubt dan sidupt teh orsivne of i ewsri tlsli nguyo ubmd ouy tipaehsp morf fo a uyo,. Ispoerm etsg t,reteb it you i.
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Uodpr i'm uyo fo. Ngdoi rouy nda 'uoyre staht etsb lla thta tremtas. Abhytrid appyh dol ryae 16 sha.

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