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daughter dies suddenly and her mother
finds a letter in her room
that brings a tear to her eye
it's not uncommon for a teenager to
write a letter to their
future selves some do it on their own
and others are required to do so as a
school assignment
it was something that taylor smith from
johnson city tennessee did
her letter was a typical letter telling
her future self to
go to college to travel outside the
country
and to keep god in her life she even
mentioned a television show that she
hoped she would still be watching when
she turned 22 years old
on the outside of the envelope taylor
wrote that it should not be opened
until april 12 2023 unless
said otherwise sadly though taylor did
not live long enough to open that letter
just a few months after writing it she
died from complications of a sudden
onset
of pneumonia when her daughter suddenly
dies
her mom finds that secret letter in her
room and she is shocked by its content
when tim and mary ellen smith lost their
daughter taylor
it completely destroyed their world
losing a child is the worst thing
any parent can go through it took a
while before taylor's parents were
emotionally ready to go
into her room and begin sorting through
her things
for a while just going into taylor's
room was much too hard for her family
finally when her family was ready to go
into the room they found the letter from
taylor to
herself her mother said that she knows
that she couldn't physically
resurrect her and she couldn't bring her
back but she was grateful to get this
letter
she said that it was almost like a
message from beyond
she was so moved by her daughter's
letter that she posted it on facebook
for everyone to read
this is what the letter said dear taylor
how's life pretty simple right now 10
years in your past
i know i'm late for you but as i'm
writing this is early
so congratulations on graduating high
school if you didn't go
back and keep trying get that degree are
you
we in college if not i understand we do
have pretty good reasoning after all
don't forget it's alana's 11th birthday
today
sheesh 11 already in my time she turned
one i didn't get to go to that party
though because i was in cranks kentucky
for my first mission trip
i've only been back for six days
speaking of how's your relationship with
god
have you prayed worshiped read the bible
or gone to serve the lord recently
if not get up and do so now i don't care
what point in our life we're in right
now
do it he was mocked beaten tortured and
crucified
for you a sinless man who never did you
or any other person any wrong
have you gone on any mission trips have
you been out of the country lately
how about on a plane is doctor who still
on the air
if not what regeneration did they end
with
you should go watch some doctor who
later though you need to finish reading
your words of wisdom
do you have your own place yet if we are
in college
what are we majoring in right now i want
to be a lawyer
have you been to dollywood recently
right now their newest attraction is the
wild eagle and it is
so fun also i think i'm gonna sell my
ipad and buy an ipad mini
don't forget to tell your kids that
we're older than the tablet
attached i have a drawing of an ipad so
you can show them
well i think that's all but remember
it's been 10 years since i wrote this
stuff has happened good and bad that's
just how life works
and you have to go with it sincerely
taylor smith
when taylor's mother shared her letter
on facebook it inspired
many people in the first few days it was
shared over 179
000 times 799 people commented on the
post
taylor's family understands that nothing
will bring their daughter back
but knowing what she had hoped for the
future made them feel closer to her
her father was happy that she had such a
great relationship with the lord
it was that part of the letter that made
him sure that his daughter was in the
kingdom of heaven
according to her mother there were
certain parts of the letter that broke
her heart
like her desire to go to college and
become a lawyer
taylor's life was cut way too short and
she was never able to recognize
any of her dreams
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