Dear Harley,
It's June 2026.
You're sitting at work, your left ovary is trying to commit war crimes, you're thinking about quitting O'Reilly's after 3.5 years, and tomorrow you have an interview.
Right now everything feels uncertain.
Maybe you've quit.
Maybe you're still there.
Maybe the interview went great.
Maybe it didn't.
What I want to know isn't whether everything worked out.
I want to know if you're proud of yourself.
Did you choose yourself for once?
Did you stop apologizing for being tired?
Did you remember that surviving isn't the same thing as living?
And most importantly:
Are you still writing?
Love,
Harley
P.S. How's the pain now? Please tell me the ovary calmed down.
Epilogue
about 1 month later
Dear Harley,
It's August 2026.
I completely forgot you wrote this.
Which feels like a very us way for this to start.
I suppose we should go in order.
You...
Tuqi nit'dd r''osilyle.
Nggoi aerft rewe tigsnti fysuoelr to treeh retaf teehr ouy efdir nngwreoid yads if w—leavee adys uoy eiththes—r tewor ooechs dan ogt ifnylla.
Ouldc emos i sneols ftubluaei tlel iwsh in you was heter tath i. We uieervns a ginteeyvrh aesnhpp puhs, hte htat osaenr taht rfo newk eenedd ro a.
You ton m'i do ot htat iogng to.
Cerlu het is vsereiun tsuj tesmmieso guicnfk.
And iwvieenrt hte hda uyo dya? xnte tath.
The dndi't uyo obj egt.
Kayo utb thast'.
Stniopoi a sebcaeu thaorne uyo oreffed bjo. Uoy okto it.
Rtpsa gaermna a saesl eyr'uo won.
Oot eejp of edid hosc,a ttha e,ifdr hooswem ned nts'aw teh a eth ascuebe eekw aertf tabou evne nad teh ttgegni.
Yse. Hpee.
I nowk.
Tnd'o pianc but. Eavh we plito hando a wno. Is nema suro 'ehss ehss' adn hre r,de rory.
Iewhl ebslat a rteetl orsdidncee enevgyithr shti of wes,ke os riwnitg iinhtw biasclyal ndhcgae oucepl oyu.
Dhecang kwro.
Hte ngcaedh rca.
Acdngeh flie.
Tdn'id geynrtvihe uyo otu you ot kwon ntaw eerhhwt ekdwro asid.
Ahtt dagl dsai 'im you.
Tou rwok n,o etvyinehrg sbuacee t'iddn.
Nokw dnewat tbu lese ot ghsnmtioe ouy.
Odrup fo oyu elofr?syu are.
Hyae.
I ycatulal ma.
I ectprelyf aeddhln abeceus yeevntihgr ont. T'iddn i.
Radgn auebcse ont ccmeitain of in emso lyemfs i tuo ''eorlsyli vylebar enommt dna mahercd eshoc. Moment thta dni'dt gte i. Ywaa aknte ccohei saw me hatt rfom.
But schooe daafterrw tgo i hwat to padehnep.
Ogt bakc pu i.
I ookt het horte job.
Ewn toers lrnaeed a i.
Ecbema a i eganram.
Tou i arc teh naoiuitts dgieruf.
,hnew to rfo htsi cdddeei su i eht ujne lasuetbo fo nogig elhwi a etab fryl,ank otu eptk.
Uyo s:ak wneh so.
Ocehso yuo nc?oe rof idd rfsoelyu.
Sye i si eht hitnk asnrew.
Heppna eth way uoy it stju nto wdulo tuhthog in.
Hcoeos i'ddtn to l''ylisroe i get ednngi ta the.
Hosec ti hte ningngbei erfat atth i meac.
Noigalopzgi uoy loas aedks rfo if neigb tpsoepd eirtd i.
On.
Mi' rsyor.
Htat grkwoni no i'm tlsil eon.
I tis' rteat smmoeiste lmaor inlaifg leki htosaixune lilst a. Blea be ot aakwe wkor od lusdoh ltils stay mteeossim i peek ,neglro ro,em i tihnk iongg derah,r.
Tbu mi' be autob nrikde to ytnirg to su it.
Sdke:a oyu hnet.
T'sin sa nihtg uoy idd ln?ivgi ermberme atht esam vgvrnuisi hte.
Ktinh to tiratnsg i aliflny 'im.
Gtinsh pyhpa make tsuj ehyt 'ive done euecsba me.
E'iv dipre ngeo ot. Ogne ot iev' sveiom. Em lte nshtig baceuse eilltt yub dsuuiolric kema ve'i mleysf yeth smeli. Alspn edcxeit glyeinenu batou vhea mi' i. Nxet uretclyrn iisvt 'im norpse dna tenh a mnloathi cgnoerniisd lyfgin pyalretpna iigfmln iryrval now igngo kind oanetlrm adhtee fro cmhar att'hs the ot we ,aosticlno aegm ot ot fo hycoek era cebsuea.
Onamtu dna yail ks,a adn ew y,se yuo an ilstl soueablnerna elov neahs rbeefo.
Otd'n haceng tghins omse.
Eon aledcl oyu eth bgnrsi em hte chihw ot einstoqu tanirpmto stmo.
Irignw?t tlisl rea uyo.
Sye.
Icodcpetaml naeswr thta oto is.
Hiws nvaeh't dah chmu i as enittrw i sa i. Haev rigtwni etreh hctreests sha herew eenb hdar eneb. Me atwngii an rehte siifnenudh of singtit rae mreunb aeltsoblyu orf nouard toirses pdusti ilslt.
The vleae dintd' tbu oitress.
Ddi i hriente.
I aterec tlsil. Sitll icpees mhet dna lmfyes of i scacterahr dseini utp dfin. Ym tlsli me nesces pepara aehv evale i egniomsth 'nwot taht eanol iwht in ehad od i them tiuln.
Rewitr itsll a 'mi.
Ouy llits 'im.
Nsawer tewor and ha'stt hitnk i the eth hevretnygi to tqoeinus htnrdaunee leltaimuty uoy.
Hpenpa eunj to 2 ta no sngttii butoa ewre uoy aeid ihtw hwat owrk no saw. Tub shtgmenoi swa gacenh loko uyo ot uyo kewn ddint' htwa ikle kown cgnah,e eeednd onigg ot.
Nwok n'tdo listl smonth txne otw wtha nehsapp i tlar,e.
Tighr n?ow tbu.
'mi here.
Mi' iubglnid hmotgensi enw.
To findgni 'im lkoo gihnst ardwrfo to.
Nigytr to rvsuive of mlreye evli tadesni 'im.
And yalehr ,ehya.
I'm su of rdupo.
Lv,eo.
Yarlhe.
P. S. Cmla the naeuyvlelt i,dd eht ckfu ni yarvo wodn ,ftac. Nrnceco oyu nktah oyur orf.
P. P. S. Nxte ekesw aveh toaub ot roul,ieyss upcelo olok oyu atwh ukfgnic hte on fo idae lkie rae. Ncdvaae ni rosry. ️❤.
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