A letter from July 14th, 2020

Dear Future Jo, Name your son Roderick (~not my Roderick~) and your daughter Gouda (like the cheese.). Also see if you can have the future kids have your last name (gotta protect the Belliveau family line bc even though he hasn't come out yet because he is like 10 or 11 right now, Dan is 100% *** (hope the cousins are doing good as well as Juliette, Mom, and Dad). I am 19 (last year of being a teenager... kinda crazy!...hope I retain my youthful nature when I am a fully-fledged adult, if not, I command you to go and bounce on a trampoline and blow bubbles as soon as you can) and going into sophomore year of college with my friends, Sarah, Ellie, Nich, Leoarh, Matt, Nat, and Hailey (Hailey goes to a different school though). They just visited me in Naples at Penny Foss's house where we swam until my eyes were so blurry I couldn't see for 5 hours. Also Beau is still alive right now and I think he has butt cancer, and I'd like for him to be alive by the time you get this but I doubt that's the case. I'm sure you loved him well. I will graduate in 2022 and hopefully go into the peace corps, then get my masters, idk what next though. I'd like to be married before I am 30. I hope I have a husband by now lol (don't change your last name>:( ) and I hope he isn't dead either. If I only have a 1 or 2 year marriage before he dies that will be very sad. Try to marry someone who knows another language so you can learn another one and the kids can be bilingual. Make sure you go on date night every two weeks, have game/movie night with friends (if you don't have any make some. This is not optional, you need fellowship.) every two weeks, and *** every week (haven't had that yet and won't till I get married... but I know a healthy *** life, good communication, and being intentional with our actions and words can make a marriage work). I would like to grow old together and have a few years before I have kids so we can really have a firm foundation with God in the center before shaking things up with gross kids (yes they are gross and I wish i could skip the baby stage and just birth a 2 year old, but that's not how life works, oh whale). If you are looking for a sign to adopt a kid (preferably a teenager 12 or above because they need love too), this is it. Do it. Foster them if you want, too. You could be a pretty great parent, but make sure you stay close to God, don't drift away and make sure you raise your kids to love God too. You're pretty rad and things might be tough right now seeing that you are an adult and have adult problems, but make sure you stay focused, rely on God, and have patience when communicating. If you don't have a husband yet that's all good too, you do you...just save this email for the future if you do get married so you know what to name your kids (Gouda and Roderick obviously). Also remember if God can forgive anything we do, we can forgive anyone for something they do. Idk why but I feel like you need to hear this, so try to take this to heart.You can do this and I love you :) But actually, the top contenders for names are (don't be basic please.. no kayleighs or emmas or sarahs or hannahs/ connors, ryans, Zacks, hunters, bryans, Matts)(the ones I know with these names are relatively nice people but the names are DISGUSTANG!) : -Girl: Avril, Astra, Noelle, Sloane, Marci, Solstice (Sol as the nickname...pronounced soul...I know its weird but I like the idea of someone being called soul) -Boy: Luc, Kai, James (Jem or Jamie as nicknames), Xander, if you need to I supposed I'd be okay with Sam bc most Sams are pretty nice, Devon, Maxon (had to keep this one in) Ps. Get a dog, and name it Aja, Oregano, Kola (Cocacola liteee, cocacola norrrmall, y cocacola z-z-z-z-zeeeerrrrooooo) (yes that is a big trend on tiktok right now and I sing it all the time), Marjorie, Charles, or Doc. Cats are cool too and you could name it Maisy or Wonton or Candle. If you get a fish you MUST name it Michael Scansin Ricardo for old times sake. All fish following this one will be Michael Scansin Ricardo the II, III, IV, V, etc. Pps. I hope that: COVID-19 is not a thing anymore :/, there is a cross-country bullet train by now, Trump didn't get reelected, there is no more racial, immigrant, gender, or ****** discrimination; there is better healthcare for the uninsured and poor population, there is no more electoral college, and a maximum age limit for presidency.