A letter from July 18th, 2020

Dear FutureMe, Happy Birthday!! Today you or me or we will/are 21. I can't believe it has been 5 years already. I remember back in 2020 when I was sitting in my room wondering if the future was going to be a mess and nothing would get better. In 2020 everything was crazy. In January World War 3 almost happened and a legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi died in an accident, and in March is when the whole year went down the drain. March 13, 2020 is when all school finally got shut down due to how fast covid-19 was spreading. I am writing this on July 18, 2020 and everything is still shut down/closed and I am kind of disappointed because in August we will not be going back to school. I hope and pray that by August 2021 the quarantine is lifted and I will/would have started my senior year at school with all my friends. I don't think this year, 2020, will change. 5 months have past and we are still in quarantine. I will be going to college in 2022 and I really want to go/get into University of California Irvine, Stanford, John Hopkins, or UCSB. These school are all very difficult to get into but hopefully when I am reading this I am at one of these school or am at least happy with were I ended up. A hardship right now is my tio tony. He has cancer and I don't know if he will/is getting any better as days pass. I hope in 2025 when I get this my tio is feeling better and even though is fight will never end I hope he is surviving and living his life. I am 16 years old going to be 17 in December and I couldn't be any happier. I am dating the best guy who is a gentleman and treats me like I am the prettiest, smartest/dumbest, most amazing girl in the world even though I know I am not. His name is Gabriel and I hope in 2025 when I am reading this I am still with him or if it is what God intended for me with another guy who treats me the way he does or even better. If I am alone maybe it is for the best and hopefully I am living life up with my friends and am partying and just having fun in college. 5 years does not see that long and just thinking about what can happen in 5 years terrifies me. What if I am not the person I want to be? I am working everyday to be the best I can be and striving to be successful. I want to be a Cardiac surgeon so hopefully in 5 years I am in med-school and fulfilling my dreams.