Emily,
I received your letter. Nearly two years ago, actually, so I apologize for taking this long to get back to you. In all honesty, I had forgotten your letter was on its way up until my mom brought it into the house and handed it to me, at which point the contents of said letter all came flooding back and I almost didn’t want to open it out of embarrassment. I did open it, though, and I read it, face flushed and full of regret. No offense, of course.
You really were a different person back then. You cheerily made guesses at where I was then and where I would be now (very few of which were correct) and asked me to say hello to your