My Grand Invitation
by
Mary Anne Griffiths

Dear Mark,

I will try and explain this letter as best I can.

Everything I have attempted to explain to you over the past 15 months I have done for a reason. I’m trying to get through the layers, realities or multiverses if you like in order to get to you. Everything I have written attempted to reveal another layer. We met for a reason and I know that I have to do something in order to unlock the door. I don’t know what to do except write.

I was quite excited on the 26th of July 2005 because I found a website about how to contact time travelers. The day I found this website I was given a book, which I have held before but did not read. It is called The Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. It gave clear instructions that I am now following. Here is my brief explanation.

Imagine that we are two birds on a telephone wire having a long conversation at the end of a long day. “Did you take out the garbage” she says. “Are the kids ok” he says. At different points along that telephone wire sit two real people. Their conversation is traveling at the speed of sound. The birds believe they are having a real conversation, and so do the husband and wife. This sums up my conundrum. Who is having the real conversation. The birds or the married couple. The birds are being told what to say by the husband and wife yet they do not know about the husband and wife yet. Remember that at this point we are still birds.

I don’t want to be some bird. I want to be the wife. Am I a wife with the speed of sound or am I a bird? At the speed of light am I a bird or a wife? 190,000 years from now does the bird even exist anymore? At what point did the birds realize they were just birds communicating for a husband and wife light years away. 

I looked on the internet and found this story about the speed of light to understand time travel and how to see back. This is a story I found. The M A G ellinic cloud was sighted in 1987a. This was called the Super Nova. This galaxy actually occurred 190,000 years ago but was only sighted in 1987 by astrologers. To find out what M A G ellinic looks like now we have to wait 190,000 years. 

To explain myself better I will use another metaphor. You see M A G now but it is 190,000 years into the future. I am the M A G. I arrived in Australia in 1987a. At a time when it is legal if secretive to travel through time you decide to visit me as a young girl of 26 because a) we are married at some point in the future or b) I was an interesting patient. I knew you were coming because you already told me you would in scenario a) You don’t know you told me because you haven’t yet. 1987a. I would never have met you and got to know you had I not been your patient so we know that b) scenario definitely did happen, 190,000 years ago. Scenario a) happened as well, at some point in the future because a little bird told me you were here now. We are still at the basic scenario of the birds and the b)’s. The type of stuff you learn in year five about basic human reproduction. Think about Y2K philosophically and you will understand.

Miss Bird: Is that what we are Mr Bird? A basic ‘human reproduction’. 
Mr Bird: We very well could be. Do you think this “human reproduction” is just a front for a husband and wife to see eachother again?

This b), birds and basic human reproduction did occur 190,000 years ago. 
I do not understand everything yet but I’m piecing it together. Have patience.

I am writing to you to intrust you with a letter to my future. I recently read about how to contact time travelers in the future when it is a legal if secretive occurrence to travel back in time. The letter is written to my husband, the time traveler. Do not open this letter unless you are him. He is the one I’ve been trying to tell you about. I’ve been trying to contact my husband. Whether you are or not is up to the universe and you. To ensure that he comes back for me I am giving you this letter to open only if you are him. If you are not him then you must keep it unopened in my file along with everything else I’ve written to you.

Kind Regards,
Mary Anne 

Dear Time Traveller,
My name is Mary Anne, although most people know me as Anne. One of you has already visited me and I would like to thank you for that. Please continue to visit me as seeing you on the train from the Blue Mountains that day gave me hope. 
Life has been difficult but I know it all turns out good because you looked good to me from what I could see. This letter is not addressed to you know who because I have faith in you. You know where I would like to go now but you can make that decision when we get there. I’m ready now though so no more delays please.
This letter is written to my husband of the future. I have faith in you too but you have not visited me yet and this surprises me a bit because I have been waiting for you for a while. Maybe I was too young before but at 26 I think I’m ready to meet you. I’m actually ready to have a serious relationship because as you know I have not had one yet and I’m quite happy about that. The reason I am happy is because I had not invited you to come into my life. This is an invitation. 
Firstly though before you come you must be very kind, gentle, open hearted, generous and loving. You must be committed to spending a happy lifetime with me. My definition of a lifetime of marriage is at least 50 years as husband and wife. My second request is that you find a good (and you know my definition of good) solution to some of my problems. I don’t expect you to be a miracle worker but maybe you could find cures and solutions from the future. I trust you. My third request and this is probably a given but it’s more to explain myself so far. I want your intentions to always be good. We all make mistakes but as long as we have good intentions all is forgiven. My intentions are good.
I only want one husband. I only want one love of my life. I hope you feel the same. That is why I’m asking you to come now. I don’t know if I’ve told you yet but I live at       Street, Cottesloe. The date today is Tuesday the 26th of July 2005. 
Because I trust you I am willing to wait but I really think it’s time for us to meet.
I’m sending you my eternal love dear husband.
Mary Anne