Public letters from the past

Time Travelled — about 1 year

A letter from January 8th, 2020

Dear Katie, Your dreams at the time of writing (08/01/2020) are more defined than they’ve ever been - you know where you want to be, what scholarships you’re thinking about, what programs, what precise achievements you’re going to accomplish in each year. But this order masks a deeper ambivalence and confusion over who you are and what you want to do with the rest of your life and energy. I ...

Time Travelled — 12 months

Epilogue

A letter from April 2nd, 2020

Dear FutureMe, 25 today. Precisely 2.15 hours ago. I thought 21 was bad but boy was I in for a surprise with this one. Divorced as of 2 weeks ago after a difficult 5 months of marriage. It was lovr at first sight. It ended just as quick. The only message I get is from my ex husband. I'm over it but he isn't. I just tell myself I am over and I'm sure I will be in no time. Now that I'm go...

Time Travelled — 12 months

Epilogue

A letter from April 2nd, 2020

I need to let go. I'm cascading into this new motherhood, a 2 month old, 22 married and happy. Life has been a giant wave so far. We made it through the storms. A sad childhood grew a sad adult. I am so afraid that sadness will take everything from me. Until I met him, my husband. The world has been dark, I've been sick with guilt. A life I never wanted to live, my parents never wanted ...

Time Travelled — 11 months

A letter from May 6th, 2020

Dear Future Rachel, Hey, so today’s Cinco de Mayo 2020. The world is grappling with the Coronavirus and honestly nobody knows what’s going to happen in the future. The college admissions process has been absolutely upended, and people’s lives have been turned upside-down. So right now, you’re kind of in a predicament. Last fall, you were accepted (with a significant scholarship, mind you) t...

Time Travelled — 8 months

A letter from July 31st, 2020

Dear FutureMe, Application season for colleges starts tomorrow. I hope first of all that I passed my drivers test. I’m also wondering how the whole corona thing is going. Hopefully I’ll have a graduation and prom. Most importantly, where did I get into college? Currently some of my favorite schools are Columbia, USC, northeastern, duke, and johns hopkins. Wow I hope it all went well!! But whe...

Time Travelled — 7 months

A letter from September 2nd, 2020

Dear FutureMe, Hey Logan, covid has been pretty wierd lately. I wonder if school is going to shut down out school soon. Right now I just recently started longboarding a lot and my addiction to chess has just begun. I wonder if I'll still be addicted by then. I'm hoping by time you read this, you've gotten into a decent college and found some friends that are actually going ...

Time Travelled — almost 7 years

A letter from March 31st, 2014

Dear FutureMe, Wow it have been 7 long years since I wrote you this letter. Are you still single? Don't worried if you are. You don't need a man (or woman) to have kids. We can adopted kids. I always wanted four kids. Two boys and two girls. Hopefully one boy and on girl adopted. Mae that dream come true. We could change two people lives by letting them com into ours. Or maybe we already h...

Time Travelled — almost 6 years

A letter from April 1st, 2015

Dear Future Me, It seems for the past year I have been through numerous and recurrent bouts of extreme loneliness. I have no idea why it has been happening so frequently these days. Why now, of all times? The feelings come and go with even the most minute triggers and there doesn't seem to be anything I can do to stop the feelings except wait for it to subside until it comes again. This year...

Time Travelled — almost 5 years

To the 20 year old me

Dear Erica, How long has it been now? 4-5 years? Wow, somehow, just beginning to write this is making me emotional. Hey, Erica. Can you tell me how far you've gone? Can you tell me how time has been for you? Because I'm 15 right now, and time has been racing through almost too quickly. I'll be in my second year of high school soon, but I hope I won't be attending school here in Canada. ...

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