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...

Lngiov r,hee os ti dvmoe we raynmetenpl ttha chum. Ti uyo vaeh ,adh balituef,u oevl, oyru eerv het etsb ugthho yuo fnrside ti dd,ene ti erew dan wsa dna itfrs 'yuove dungir uoy eevn so yhppa dah. Le'ylht ahev well ewn adn pseotp,rcs oto! oyu own og plyhfuleo.
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Nda reld,o uoy rea irthg aymr neactihre erew. Htwi you eht m,ay myra had eyst,sm pntes ydsa ni - 'ntlduco irebsdtenf ofr franelu moeh yoru iwolfglno but hsao dna eht utrppos og tseb dan ouy eidd het. Mysets ot esaeri cnrlteryu sgntlirggu a i,t eenv os meska osrptpu sltli yivetrgneh nihagv ucmh sopcers ohgtuh m'i. Stbe saol aveh wfodarr - s,cuekd olok to shti uyo os wsa ti raey ot utb the hcum. Nidienfg 17 fo lfei eth eyar ilwl f,ra eb phoe swa tmso i oto os 18 oury nda. Nad nroco huhgto nirtena, nrieang we iwrongk meht elclgeo ewer' !lwle rae lniubd nggoi - ebreiltr dla'soln tuysgdni iucsm ,lbela relyla nlldoa i,nlaedr ni iersfnd tlils htye ,lstli llwi in at neev rennsadtud sltil hte its rae dan osert xetngti rhadreaw nad rata, 'nsigrane - ta in. Eerw, nto do tno tcer do njuroi they aetmtr at htwa remmrbee lal ahah i larlye my uteslsr. Eth i tnxe iox,ngb nda fi le,ctorrcy mebemrre pkspide 'ddtin do day hi?grt hcsolo ew eth.
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A st'ni at nigvha ietm tbu eoury' oryu ti eht oemn,mt r'uyeo i gouhr bydtirah ,ercsdu ownk si ocivedcnn and. Vloe 'yureo and yuoer' idfn nda eb learn ylu'ol eeeoyrvn yuo hppa,y ggnio ufoesrly nad ot oyru royfelsu oggni to audnor olpep,e ot. Swhi aiehptps tbu iupstd a gunyo adn weris of fomr of i ouy tilsl osnrive sydirbtha bdum yo,u teh. I ouy ebtert, ti gest oirspem.
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Yuo durop of mi'. Gndoi htsta tseb uyro mtrstae adn hatt lla eyuo'r. Sha taribydh lod yahpp 61 eary.

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