A letter from May 11, 2025

Dear Ribby, I hope you are well. i am drunk on wine right now and it is 2:07 AM 05/11/2025. I'm almost done with my manager training, I'm a week away from going back to store #0100 and I'm excited to go back. I'm taking Mom and Nikki out to eat tomorrow for mother's day and Nikki's graduation. I've been playing a lot of skyfactory 5 and listening to Flipturn almost constantly. Things are looking up but financially but personally things are kind of stressful. I hope i can move out of here soon. are you dating anyone? i hope so. we deserve some happiness and comfort for once. You deserve it for making it this far. we've made it a long way since Madalyn. I hope you're proud of me. I'm doing my best to be the person we've always wanted to be but... i've come to terms with the fact that we'll never be EXACTLY who i want to be. How is Clover? is she still our lucky charm? Do we have friends? I gotta be honest, i could really use a friend right now. just one person to talk to. today was hard. i started thinking about it again, but I'm not taking the easy way out. not again. I'll keep fighting, keep moving forward. for me, for you, for mom, for that kid that always wanted to see the best in people and got hurt for it, for everybody who tried to help me, for everyone before me who fought to give me a better life, for everyone that has ever known me, and for everyone that i will never know. And i hope you do too. Stay strong Rib, keep fighting. I love you.