A letter from 2025

hey you, it's me. well, it's a new year, it's 2025, didn't think we were going to make it, but we did. By the time you see this, it will be January 8th 2026, and so I figured I would let you know how 2025 me is doing and how I hope 2026 me will do. The end of 2024 was pretty alright, funny thing actually: you actually started to get into your religion more, you started going back to church weekly, reading your bible daily (or at least trying to) and you are listening to more Christian music than pop music, which honestly, that is good for us, because considering our past, we want to please the lord make it into heaven somehow so I guess this is how we are going to do it. By the way, mom thinks the church we go to, Grace Point, is a ''cult'' which, no idea where she got that idea from, but I assure you, we are not in a cult. Speaking of mom, mom is planning on getting her hypothyroidism surgery soon, it seems like a simple surgery but of course there is that anxiety, wondering if she will make it out ok, so for now, I place that into gods hands and all we can do is pray. By the time 2026 comes around, I hope that mom is doing better physically and mentally, because she has dealt with a lot lately, so I think she deserves a break. We are starting back at Bucks again, this time taking 2 classes instead of one: Environmental Science and Spanish (?) so I hope you did well in those classes, and I hope that by 2026, you somehow figure out what you want to do with your life after Bucks, but until then, make the most out of Bucks: I hope you auditioned for another Drama Club show and got a good part, I hope you get more involved in student life and I hope you study hard so that when 2026 comes along, that is the year you finally graduate. On a personal note, there are some wishes I have for you that I hope come true by 2026: First, I hope you were able to find and keep the love of your life, I hope the lord (and the new years eve grapes) bring you someone handsome, your prince charming, because we waited way too long for our love and I think we finally deserve it. Second, I hope that you are achieving your weight loss goals, I hope you are finally down to 190-180 pounds, and I hope that you are sleeping well and eating well because right now, it could use some improvement, I mean, I am writing this note at 2:19 in the morning. Third, I hope you found a good job that you actually enjoy, I hope you were able to utilize OVR this time and not just shun it away, and I hope you are able to actually keep this job unlike your other jobs. Lastly, I hope that by 2026, our family is happier and stronger than ever, I hope that our family spends lots of time together, I hope we finally get to have family dinners together again, and I hope that mom and dads relationship is strong as ever. By the time you read this, you are going to be 24 almost 25, and frankly in this new year, a lot of stuff is going to happen: Trump is going to become president again, a lot of new movies are coming out (btw, let me know how Wicked part 2 was!) a lot of changes will happen in our country that will be scary, but I just know that we are going to make it out of this ok. And, if some odd and kinda crazy reason that by 2026, we are with the lord in heaven, I am sending this note to mom also to let you know, that I am in a better place, I am happy and I am watching you from above always, and know that I love you. So, here is to the crazy year that is 2025, and here's to your 2026. sincerely, you from 2025 <3