What if you knew exactly when you were going to die?

First draft ever on anything. I got the idea from a post I saw on r/AskTeenGirls. Please forgive me for any spelling errors or whatever. Enjoy!<br><br>What if you knew exactly when you were going to die? <br><br>If you did, would you live your life differently? Why? Why not?<br><br>Those were the questions that were on the paper that my teacher had handed to me earlier that morning. I had responded with something like...<br><br>I would live my life exactly like I am right now, with the people I love the most around me. There would be no need to do anything differently. Everyone dies at some point anyways. Once you find the love of your life, you never have to live a day without them. You never have to live a day without those around you who you cherish.<br><br>Everyone should live life to the fullest with the people they cherish the most. Life is about enjoying yourselves and making sure that those around you are enjoying life too.<br><br>I ended my response to the prompt with...<br><br>I don&#39;t care if I die tomorrow, or live to be a hundred. I am exactly where I am meant to be, surrounded by people that I love, and people who love me back. I have no regrets for the life I have lived so far, and I will die with no regrets as long as I continue to live my life as I have been. And that is exactly what I will do.<br><br>It was a pretty sappy response, I will admit. But it was also an honest response. I had been with my high school sweetheart for 5 years at that point. Back in high school, we made a agreement to go to the same college, and that is exactly what we had done. We still lived together, and everything was wonderful. <br><br>It was currently 2002. I was a Junior in college, 20 years old. And everything was perfect. My sweetheart and I were thinking about tying the knot after graduation, and he had a good job lined up. Things couldn&#39;t be better.<br><br>Fast forward a few years. I am now married to the love of my life, and we are living in a beautiful house that he got a great deal on. We are thinking about starting a family soon. We own two vehicles, and are pretty well off. We are happy. That is all that matters.<br><br>But then, one rainy day, as I am going about my normal routine. I get an odd looking mail piece. It is just a regular letter, with my name and address on it. But there was something strange about it. For one thing, there was no stamp. Secondly, there was no return address on it.<br><br>I was skeptical, but figured that it would be okay. So I opened it up. And I almost wish I hadn&#39;t. <br><br>There was only one piece of paper inside the envelope. There was one sentence on it.<br><br>You will die on May 27, 2021. Along with everyone that you cherish the most. <br><br>I was so confused and flustered. Who was this? Why did they think that they knew when I was going to die? What did they mean that everyone I loved was going to die? It didn&#39;t make any sense. I thought maybe it was a sick idea for a prank. But by who? And why?<br><br>But it also deepened my love for my husband and my family and friends. I made an effort to be the kindest and most compassionate person I could be. To make sure that the people I cared about the most, knew exactly how much they meant to me. I never wanted them to doubt that for even a second.<br><br>We did end up starting a family, we had two beautiful twin girls. One with red hair, the other a blonde. They were my babies, and I loved them more than anything. I was so grateful that I got to be a mother. I was the mom that everyone wants to have, who always put her babies before herself.<br><br>We lived a great life. My husband was very generous to our daughters and myself. We got everything we ever wanted, and he never expected anything out of us. He was the best dad. And the best husband I could have ever asked for. I couldn&#39;t have been happier. But that was going to change.<br><br>I received another odd piece of mail in 2015. Once again there was no stamp, and there was no return address on it. But this one was different. There was just a picture. A picture of a burning house, with the words...<br><br>This will happen on May 27, 2021. Along with everyone that you cherish the most. <br><br>I was more than confused. I was scared. How did the sender of these pictures know me? Where they watching me when they took the picture? I showed it to my husband, but he just thought that it was someone trying to be mean. I believed him, because I wanted to. And we moved on with our lives.<br><br>But, in 2018, another piece of strange mail arrived at my doorstep. Just like before, there was no stamp, and there was no return address on it. Once again, there was only one piece of paper inside the envelope. And once again, there was only one sentence on it.<br><br>This is your last warning. You will die on May 27, 2021. Along with everyone that you cherish the most. <br><br>This time I did not ignore it. I went to the police with the three letters. They laughed at me and told me that there was nothing that they could do. I was pissed. The police are supposed to protect us. But in my eyes, they failed. Because I knew that I was in danger. And they did not care. <br><br>It is now 2020. The year that everyone is going to die. I can feel it. I just hope that the letters that I have received are just pranks. I don&#39;t know what I would do if anything happened to my family. They are everything to me, and without them, I am nothing. I won&#39;t let anything happen to them. <br><br>It is currently May 26, 2021. Tomorrow is the day that I am supposed to die. Along with everyone that I cherish the most. I am writing this, because I want you, if you are reading this, to cherish those around you. Make sure that they know how much they mean to you. Because life is short. And you don&#39;t know when it will be too late. <br><br>If you are reading this, then I have passed on to the other side. Make sure that the people you love know how much you love them. Make sure that they will be okay when you are gone. Make sure that they will always remember you. Because in the end, that is all we have. Memories. Memories of the past. Memories of loved ones. Memories of life and all of its wonders. <br><br>Farewell dear readers.<br><br>You are loved.