A letter from May 27, 2023

Dear Future Martha, hey, this is freshman year you. I’m hoping this gets to you when you are a senior in high school. I know crazy. Time is going to fly by so enjoy it and embrace it as much as you can. The memories high school can give you will last a lifetime, make the most of it. Freshman year was definitely a roller coaster. It wasn’t as bad as middle school and society painted it to be but it wasn’t easy. We lost and made friends but most importantly we learned.Thanks to Mr. Urena we made it through our freshman year of highschool. He’s amazing. He was the best teacher we could’ve asked for and I’m going to miss him dearly. Anyways, life’s going to be full of ups & downs but we honestly just need to make the most of it and carry along. Anyways, how are you doing? I know you’ve been struggling mentally and physically so I just wanna make sure you’re good. I hope you are. You deserve to finally be okay. How was sophomore, junior, and senior year? At the moment I’m scared for all of it. I feel like I’m growing up so fast I mean my quince is literally in 3-4 months and by the time you read this you’re going be 18. That’s so crazy for me to even process. How’s our family? Is everyone still close? Are we still close with the neighbors? Are we still close with ernesto diaz ?Are we still friends with nicole botello & ruby hernandez ? How’s Andrew gutierrez? Have we talked at all? Anything new? Did you graduate? Have you chosen a college? Have you even decided if you’re going to college?😭 there’s so much questions I wanna ask. I’ve always been curious about everything but only time will tell. Remember if things in life get hard always think of why you’re doing it. You’re doing it for you’re family. You’re doing it to make juanito proud. you’re doing it to make urself proud. Even if things get hard and hopeless just remember life goes on. Anyways I feel like I’m writing too much now and I’m getting tired so I’m going to stop here. I’m so proud of you. for everything. Even if things didn’t turn out the way you wanted. I’m proud of you for making it this far and for not letting depression win. It’s a big & hard step. I love you and things WILL be okay. Sincerely, Freshman Martha💗.