"More than a stunning debut. It is the announcement of a bold new literary voice"
—Stephen Chbosky, author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower

So much has changed over the few years you’ve been gone. This whole pandemic called covid-19 has changed everyone’s life and left me with half an 8th grade year and a freshman year with masks on. No one would’ve ever predicted what happened, everyone was basically locked inside for over a year. It was pretty upsetting early on because part of the family didn’t know they had caught it, but everything’s alright now. I got my temps a couple months ago and i’m nearly old enough to get my licence. Kyle just turned 14 and were celebrating his birthday on halloween this year. He’s grown a bit and nearly 70 pounds, but still small. Thankfully, we haven’t had to make any trips to the emergency room for him in the past few years, from what I can remember. I’ve still kept playing soccer and this year and started varsity for my highschool team. We had a rough season with a ton of injuries but i’ve gotten a lot better and am starting to actually enjoy it again. I have so many cousins now its insane! I don’t think you’ve met Uncle Rich’s daughter Lydia or Aunt T’s daughter Cassidy. I haven’t got to see them much though, since they were both born when covid was really bad, but they’re all doing really well. We did go over for Levi’s birthday a few weeks ago and he still loves scary movies like he used too. He had this Freddy Krueger mask which I found to be really funny. Mom and Dad are still doing well, not much has really changed with what any of us do or where we go. Dad still has the same job, me and Kyle still go to the same school district and we all still live in the same house. It is just hard to realize how much older me and kyle have gotten since we last saw you. I’m a sophomore and nearly half way done with highschool already. Kyle will be a freshman in high school next year, which just dosen’t fit right in my head. I really miss you now that your gone and I hope everything’s going well up there.