A letter from Aug 8th, 2021

Dear Megan, im writing this to you today because as you probably remember, right now everyone has covid-19, even nana. it sucks because she's in Florida and I cant see her, dad is in the hospital with double pneumonia and is coming home today. im struggling to pay for anything right now and its very stressful. i just got my first paycheck from subway. it still seems surreal to me, to actually have a job. I still don't know what I want to do after high school, im gonna leave that up to you though. have fun deciding. i want you to look back in time whenever you get this and see just how much better you're hopefully doing. life sucks right now and I hope you can make it better for both of us. i hope that we finally truly learn how to love ourselves and get some mental help. just for a comparison, right now I am 352 lbs, 5'9, 16 years old. I hope we have a family or at least someone who loves us. im finding it hard to find a relationship right now, every person I like ends up ghosting me, which really sucks. but I want you to know just how proud I am of you and how far you've come. I love you, megan, and I hope you love yourself as well. sincerely, megan (they/them) ❤