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Finalist: 16-18 year olds

Georgie Porter A letter to you

Age 17

16-18 year olds

My cousin Evie, you arrived into our family during the lockdown, the youngest of four and requiring help to breathe due to being the last-born twin. No doubt your first year was a little tough. But now when I see the carefree, fun and innocent spirit in your face a few years later, it is a reminder of how trauma doesn’t have to remain, and that everything is okay. I wish that you maintain your unbreakable resilience, freedom and sense of fun. And that you are always more to everyone than a pretty face.