A letter from Jun 02, 2026

Time Travelled — about 1 month

Peaceful right?

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...

Didn't roeisy''ll tqiu.
Teehr fater e—aewvel ohceos earft fi you rsuyfeol nigttsi and oyu gnoig dwonnrgie sady dfrie there tshetri—eh twroe ayds to erew fyilanl ogt.
In asw udcol i some tlel ttha slones you whsi erhte befliuuat i. Hyiegnvtre a ensivrue thta asneor apsepnh for wnek ttah hsp,u hte ro a eeednd ew.
Otn ouy 'im ot giogn htat to do.
Einsevur kfigcun tsuj is eesomsmit the ruelc.
Iwnvtiere hda teh ttha dna xnte dya? ouy.
Ouy 'tdndi tge eht ojb.
Btu 'sthat ayko.
A sitoniop trenaoh sebuaec jbo dfferoe ouy. Ti otok uoy.
Saels u'oery now gaarmen a stpra.
Htta den evne uabto nad ejpe ewek csuaeeb ahco,s eswmooh of fdi,er oto iedd w'tasn the eth neigttg taefr eth a.
Yse. Phee.
Wkno i.
Aicnp utb t'don. Pitlo a we ohnad vaeh wno. Sruo aenm and shes' ,edr si ryor her s'seh.
Iewhl gwnriti itsh sbayallic ouy ,ekwes gethirveyn ttrele snddirocee fo a cnhedag coeupl so tlbsea tiihnw.
Ehgdanc rwko.
Ghcaedn eht car.
Life nhdecag.
Dias tvnygereih twna rekwod whreeht oyu 'dtdin uto ot owkn ouy.
Sadi ttha dlga you 'mi.
Ntegriyvhe idtn'd wokr uot eebaucs ,no.
Stmigoneh tbu wtnade nowk ot lees uyo.
Rea pdruo yel?rfuos fo ouy.
Heya.
Ma i laaytluc.
Efcrlypte nto eadhdln i beasecu eithyngerv. I tddni'.
Uot mhredca hesco in eybarlv osem i aemntccii ylsmfe ilo'lseyr' gadnr fo ont beusaec adn tmmone. I mmeont htta idd'nt tge. Waay ormf aws atht kneat em ihcoce.
Wtah tog trdaeawfr sehoco tbu dhpapene ot i.
Tgo up akcb i.
I okto rtoeh eht boj.
Srtoe i a naedlre new.
I a egaamnr ecmbea.
Tou urigdef astniuito acr hte i.
Eoustabl decdeid elihw of het to tbea rof epkt us a alykr,nf njeu oging hist n,ewh tuo i.
Nweh ak:s os uyo.
Fruolyse idd fro eosohc no?ec uyo.
Easrnw si ntihk eth esy i.
Tusj ldwou uohttgh ouy ti eht way pphaen ni tno.
To dt'idn ryseol'li' hte endgin i at oecsoh gte.
Hte esoch ngeinnbgi ftrea ecma ttah i it.
Rof psotped edirt loas i olionpgzgia if you dsake ibnge.
No.
Rorsy im'.
Mi' isllt that on orwgink noe.
Ounxhetias a lnafiig i 'ist still ilke eitmesmos mralo terat. Slitl peek ihnkt rwko ,rome do ingog i ,aderrh i aelb aawek meitessmo to tsay be dhsoul lnro,eg.
Us eb irkedn ti ot botua im' to ryitng ubt.
Uoy sde:ak tenh.
Uyo eeremmrb sa idd nrvivigus ?lvnigi eht aems ihgtn n'tsi ahtt.
I'm sittgnra i iktnh liyfnla to.
Stju yhpap htsign em ythe ndeo amek caeeusb ei'v.
Ot 'vei iepdr engo. To viesmo egon e'iv. Titlle uicridosul simle mkea inghst tle em byu lfmeys i'ev caseueb heyt. Nlnuiegye aevh slnap i atobu tedcxei i'm. Apatynelpr of esucbea dnki nclrutrye ear ifignml ht'tsa harcm to gmea fro himlnaot to nxet dan ew tcoins,ola ndiincogres aeorltmn a hte ahteed ivist nhet ongig to wno 'mi vryrlai cyehok nsopre ingyfl.
Fboeer amuton an lveo you and ew rnnlbueesoaa ,sak hasne ye,s ilay nad llist.
Nshtgi gnhace esom otn'd.
Lledca eth inestuoq mots ouy het aonrimttp ot em which gribns eno.
Aer oyu nwtigr?i tisll.
Sey.
Lcetmdoaicp si oto ttah anwesr.
As i ttrinwe hmuc nhavet' had i i sa hwsi. Eavh eebn hrda wehre ntrgwii ahs there etcehsrst ebne. Ehter blltueayso fro gttniis putids rae of rstsioe mrenbu drunoa tllsi na ngaiwti em defhnisnui.
Dtdi'n tub trsiseo hte eleav.
Nrtheei i did.
I cratee lilts. Emth eslmyf i ltsil idnf tpu of ahetccrasr dsiien scpeie and. Prapae ncssee i laoen tlsil tath ni nisgmteoh ym aleve htem i notw' do eavh ithw luint me ehad.
I'm isllt wrreti a.
M'i tslli you.
Ltumitealy 'ahtts uyo otrew thnki arwnse vigteynehr nad tiuoenqs nhtedanuer teh i ot eth.
Wsa peapnh oaubt june uoy tihw on nsgtiti on what eewr aedi 2 okwr at to. Waht aws steghonmi ncegah, kloo to deende elki utb uoy idt'dn kwon ggion uyo nekw cenahg ot.
,rtela ltisl odn't nxte i onmhts htaw okwn otw ppshnea.
Tub won? rthig.
'mi rhee.
Ewn lidnigbu onihsemtg 'im.
To ot frrodaw nigndif i'm kolo stnhgi.
Viusevr ot mi' leiv of gnrtyi emylre adeitsn.
Ah,ey rehyal dna.
Of 'im us rduop.
,ovle.
Ahyler.
P. S. The ckfu d,di lvtueyelna in mlac hte nowd afc,t yrova. Uryo neoncrc orf yuo htnka.
P. P. S. Syoulsei,r ookl ot thwa keil uobat hte veah yuo enxt rea adei cginkuf on of keesw oupcle. Orsry eavandc in. ️❤.

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