FICTIONAL SAMPLE — ALL PEOPLE AND RECORDS INVENTED

A Letter to My Younger Self

Dear nineteen-year-old me: you do not need to know the ending before you begin. That is what I want to say now, though I would probably have resented it then. I remember the suitcase and the list I checked twice. I cannot remember the exact words spoken at the door. I will leave them unquoted. What I can offer you is the understanding that uncertainty was part of the journey, not proof you were unprepared.