Dear Future Me (April 2026),
Hey love. Deep breath. You made it another six months. I know things probably haven’t been easy, but I hope you’re proud of yourself for getting here. Whether you’re reading this after a long day or one of those rare calm ones, I hope you know I’m proud of you for still showing up.
Are we still working at the school? Still laughing at the chaos, still chasing those little victories with the kids, still trying to find the balance between tired and grateful? Or did life pull us somewhere new? Either way, I hope it feels right — and I hope you’re still doing something that makes you feel like you.
I know you’ve been scared for the future. Scared of messing up, scared of change, scared of staying the same. But you’ve always kept going even when you didn’t have it figured out. That’s brave as hell. So, what did the next six months bring? Did you grow? Did anything surprise you? Did things finally start to fall into place a little bit?
No matter what, I hope you’re still being kind to yourself. I hope you’re still letting people in. I hope you’re still fighting for joy — even the small kind that shows up in the middle of a mess. You don’t need to have it all together. You just need to keep being real.
How’s Sabrina? Did you two finally move in together, or are you still daydreaming about it while cracking jokes about babysitting chaos and “Ohio sizzler” brainrot? I hope you’re still laughing together about everything and nothing. And how’s Miranda? I hope things feel safe, steady, and full of love. You deserve that.
With love,
Me (October 2025)
Epilogue
about 24 hours later
Dear October Me,
You were so gentle with me in that letter. I don’t think you realized how much I needed that.
So I’m gonna be honest back.
These six...
Lwugpo- ythe osme agoetmn et’wnre hm?nost. Ethy rwee yssem. Eayvh. Theegrot rgwnkio half gniytr lto fo lot ot kgeinovtnr,ih eekp fo me nasaitg the a my was a a feliegn lto of imte ehilw ekli e,n-cnsogeduissg ti irabn.
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D’dtin tub i ispedpara.
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Solochepr ta ltsli i’m the. Scutedurrt ocalomrss teh ni slilt. Mnerdi em, i ivfe uneiqtos cealp ilstl and hte that nthe tvyegehnri i tsfir taelr, why vesahbroi onwk situmen in em sehoc this meak angginivat. In nrogud ginnhot lsitl kdis ohest awy em else sdoe a. Ehuatdsxe, hwne aler vleea neve i i mhnegitso i sdhowe up for ownk.
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Abkc ngisht dcsela i. Naditse aws yshpc rtgih ym iltism yailfln to olyn agntki me i’m inhuspg tirno ttha tnigeisln to tspa yelsmf wo,n dan fo. Lyatalcu essug adn a?hwt enlngria m’i. Unsrgvivi ont stuj. Htat hnta teexdepc emro i tasetmr hftsi.
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Yuo fi i grew sekad. Aehy. Eelpop utaob ton awy ni jtsu stpo eht.
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Robeef my ttrebe flyul ntchagic sriplas ogt eorv yeht ta take i. I gironecnzig ’im ta nhew fo emvowdleehr iefn ’mi teebrt eatnsid tgo rgednenitp. Tdesatr is ifx“ tath to tno utnrbuo i i osgthimen ciegcpnta ende me, orf elra cilaso. ”.
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Tou tirhg abainsr i ahgn todn’ sa wno nad hucm. Usde to tath me nad rcaes. Aetnm saw csnatied eohmintsg guthoth gabreikn i. Ton htat utb tis’. S’ti negeyr hsetno cnoe em ym orf ngieb nda tusj tuaob elf,i. Newh ew ’ist k,tal ayes do iltls. Su tisll. It ntngiho afke uaotb.
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Maani…dr nda.
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It dmae we tpsa a eyar. Hcmra t4h1. Nwo a erya nad a mhont. Lbeveei be ddtn’i ot soemhngit lfyul i’d ysa i blea astt’h. Ni sfeel ottnienscs mieetosms sllti alufiramin eibgn hsmitegno. Fseyml ongrw aitiwgn rfo og slitl i to enoismhgt catch. Daintes lulpgin aywa ot eilnrnag but fo hwo ytas tfrsi i’m. Ewn me rfo atsth’.
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Evah nebe arhd stnomem layelt etehr. Lanytl,em lomelntioya. Egfline ctuks. I be dohuls ilke fegline herurft aahed. If sotqigiennu hte ,nheugo dogni eginb ’mi apth trgih oohngsci ungh,eo.
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I tle nd’tdi rvynitehge ecidde shote utb shgtouht.
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Mi’ eerh itlsl. Itlsl ngyitr. Up it hwne iwnosgh lsilt lseef spiltenos veen.
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I ot eedn told lal it etgehrot it’ddn em evha oyu.
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I ntdo’.
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Uirfela like ftsir rfo teh elef em,ti ’osdetn that dan.
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It tsju fesle uhanm leki ignbe.
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Fo prudo me ydo’u be. Aeirlez evne it tey ’ondt uoy fi.
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Evl,o.
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