A letter from Feb 11th, 2022

Dear FutureMe, I hope when you read this, you are okay. You are not sad, or anxious, or scared. I hope you accomplished everything you wanted to accomplish. I can only hope, for I don't know what the future holds. I hope you are happy and truly fulfilled with the life you are living right now – I want you to be truly happy, grateful and proud of the life you live. I hope you have learned to stop worrying about what other people think of you and have explored your boundaries and that you have learned to love yourself. I hope you're with someone you trust, someone who will always be there for you. I hope he takes good care of you, and I hope you do too. Show him that you care. Be with him through all the ups and downs that life throws at you guys. Relationships only stay strong because of trust, loyalty, and the strength to hold on even when it seems hard to. I hope that you get out of your comfort zone. Try something new, learn, try, fail, do it all. Take the chance, take the risk. Doing something new and different could be exciting, you'll never know unless you try. Please try. Be more outgoing, be different. You might end up liking something you'd never thought of liking. I want you to be proud of the chances and risks you took, because it made you a better, stronger person. You'll never grow unless you try new things and step out of your comfort zone. I hope you are happy. Never forget to be the person you are, never change for somebody or something, be yourself, believe in your dreams, and never let someone with a smaller mind-set tell you that your dreams are too big. Never forget where you came from, never forget people and family. As a fourteen year old family and friends were everything, I hope they still are the best and most important people in your life and I hope to this day that they still are. I hope that they are proud to call you there son, uncle, brother or their mate.