A letter from January 20th, 2017

dear vika, today you turn 25. twenty freaking five.... are you still alive? healthy? do you have a degree? a job? a husband i assume and a warm place to live. kids? a child? please tell me it won't be as hard as i think it will be. growing older and taking on the responsibilities. it's just so crazy how time flies and you know that by now obviously you're 25. i'm sad being 18 today heck i bet you're sad being 25. but don't be. errr, i know that reading this you're telling me not to be sad right now on my 18th. i know it i know it hahah finneee i'll try not to be. i didn't think i'd ever be 25. maybe a mommy? a stable job? what does your house look like? it's crazy to think that i'll ever actually be there, in what now is the future. maybe i'll never get to read this. i never know hahah but i hope you will. do you have kids? what do they look like? i know you wish you could come visit me at 18 and tell me all of this and show me my future kids 😭 i wish you could too. i'll go to sleep and you can come visit me 😉 lol. anyways. good luck being 25. you're not 30 yet so you can do it, don't be sad, and stay strong. stay strong through whatever you might be going through.. know that you didn't make any wrong decisions and everything happened for it's own reason. God knows why but his plans are so much greater than ours!! stay strong. it's what you're probably telling me to do now and through these next.. what.. 7 years into the future. that's crazy. stay strong and know that i tried to make sure that at 25 you're in the best position you could be ❤ i don't want to make any decisions that would make you say "i didn't try hard enough." best of luck and lots of love. have a great birthday in 2024 my goodness that sounds scary like flying cars and robots and stuff... sincerely, vika 1.20.17