Last year 12 year-old Taylor Scout Smith unexpectedly died of pneumonia, but before she passed she wrote letter to her future self sealed with a request that it should only be opened in 10 years, and not before 2023.
After Taylor’s death her heartbroken parents were sorting and cleaning out her room when they discovered the sealed letter written by her in the envelope below. Find the letter and more pics after the cut.
The tragic loss of her life left her family devastated beyond belief, but the letter she wrote shows what a truly unique view of the world she had. Her dad said, what made her special was “she had the wisdom of an adult but the faith of a child.” Taylor leaves behind her parents, Tim and Ellen and brother, Judah.
Two handwritten pages reveals a charming young girl with a sparkling personality
who was lost to the world. It first opens with
“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.’
In parts of the letter she gives advice to her future self: “Do you have your own place yet? If we’re in college, what are we majoring in? Right now, I wanna be a lawyer. Have you been to Dollywood recently? Right now, their newest attraction is the Wild Eagle. It’s so fun! Also I think I’m going to sell my iPad and buy an iPad mini, Don’t forget to tell your kids that we’re older than the tablet! Attached I also have a drawing of an iPad, so you can show them.”
Like many kids today, Taylor watched TV’s ‘Doctor Who,’ and refers to it, but then she continues
about the importance of “wisdom”: “Is Doctor Who still on the air? If not, what regeneration did
they end it with? You should go watch some Doctor Who! Later though, you gotta finish reading your
own words of wisdom!”
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