What If It Were You?

A Letter from Tomorrow You Didn’t Expect

Dear Present Me,

You don’t know me yet, but I’m you… months from now. Life threw us a curveball. Job loss. Rent overdue. One medical emergency too many. Suddenly, we were standing in line at a food bank, wondering how we got here.

But someone was there. A volunteer with a kind smile. A hot meal. A bag of groceries that stretched a week. A coat that actually fit.

Thanks to Friendship House we found steady ground again. And thanks to the people who donated and volunteered, we remembered we mattered.

I’m writing to ask you, before this becomes your story, to help someone else. Because it’s easier than you think to fall. But it’s just as easy to be the one who reaches out a hand.

Take care of others,
—A Possible Future You