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...
Itqu lyls'r'ieo ndti'd.
Ogt ereth ftera three ewer ysad rulesfoy ouy s—eeitrhth isitgtn cooshe oyu twroe if fider eeel—vaw ot ilyafnl ioggn taerf adsy nda odennirwg.
Shwi tbauilefu in rhete osnsel i aws dcoul htta emos i uyo ellt. Deedne atht hsup, fro or aenors heappns a uesnvrie rhetvynige ew wekn eth a taht.
Ont you taht gogin 'im do ot ot.
Jtus nfkciug snieurve is eth euclr moteesism.
Tnxe uoy teh niviwrtee ahd ady? atth nad.
Teh ditd'n ojb gte uyo.
Oaky utb astt'h.
Eorffde treohna job itpoonsi ouy a sbeauce. Otok ti oyu.
A rspat own euyo'r lseas reamagn.
Er,dif utboa faetr a atn'ws dan dide pjee evne ahtt cueasbe osmhweo eth week getitng fo too het dne sc,hao the.
Yes. Eeph.
I wkon.
Do'tn ciapn tbu. Ew a nwo oilpt heav hoand. Reh is dna 'ehss sour s'hse eanm rory e,dr.
,wkese gnadhec a uoy eihlw ntwihi rtngiiw etsalb ertelt luopce of this cilaablsy ihvtyenegr rnecoiedds os.
Wrko eganhcd.
Hte cra gnchdae.
Feli egdhcna.
Ouy antw to onwk oyu korwed tou said hhweert vgyerhnite tidn'd.
Disa tath ouy dlga 'im.
Ditd'n out okrw gyeehirvnt ,on uescabe.
Emhiosngt ntdewa btu to know eesl ouy.
Of rea uyo so?yulrfe podru.
Ehya.
I ma caultaly.
I ihyeretngv epytrcfle dehdlna tno uecesba. 'nddti i.
Tnemom and in ont remdcha ylrevab eosm eeuacbs fo uto ysfelm rllso'yie' tncacimei choes ardng i. Gte that oemmtn i dndt'i. Hatt wsa nkeat waay rofm hiocce me.
Tog i to ochose detfwrara pnepeahd twha but.
Kacb pu tog i.
I the obj oreth otko.
Danreel wne a esort i.
Ragaenm a i abeemc.
Otu the aosiniutt irdfgeu i rca.
Bate n,whe rfka,ynl neju a tuo iongg su shit iewlh blaeuots of orf i hte ecdddie tkpe ot.
Hnew you so k:as.
Ouy ?neoc did oescoh rfo esyrfolu.
Anersw sye tnikh i is eht.
Enpaph in uoy ti nto wlduo awy jstu teh houttgh.
I dni'td ocehso e'oyslirl' tge edning eth to at.
Retfa cmea ttah ingnbgnei sceoh ti the i.
You fro if psdopte i daske inbeg laos ogglpnoziia ietdr.
On.
I'm orysr.
Isltl kowirgn mi' ttah oen no.
Isllt emsmeotsi aifinlg xhunotiaes a i ikle lmaor trtea tsi'. Tsya tiesesmom lg,nore gongi derarh, labe ithnk odsulh wrko to eb ,meor lilts epek i do i akeaw.
To tbauo be to su it ryignt eknrid mi' tub.
Uyo htne :akdse.
The erreemmb taht ignivl? as nt'si idd esma yuo vrgivsuni tngih.
I'm ngtritsa yifnlla inthk to i.
'evi stihng kmae ubsecae teyh ahppy ujst me node.
E'vi derip noeg ot. Ot ogne smovei i'ev. Yfemls hgtsin simle me amke ybu 'evi let itllte cueabse suoicrdiul yeth. Haev yeguienln tuaob m'i i eectixd slanp. Lriayvr harmc to figmnli adn prneos gcnsdeinior ifyngl im' crnylertu orf a iistv hetade noggi ot eapplrytan ot dnik xten teh eohkcy stath' mgae enth rae tanoslo,ci now ew tolniahm of tealomnr aeuesbc.
Nad omaunt ensah dan obfeer sillt olev aily yuo s,ey s,ka sbunloreanae ew na.
Eoms achgne 'tdon sgtnih.
Gisrbn the eth ioeuqsnt ouy acdell omst me to eon ichhw tipmnraot.
Oyu aer wrn?tgii tilsl.
Eys.
Nreswa oot iloteccpmad si ttah.
I tewitnr iwhs 'ehnvta dah i i sa uchm as. Eneb ethrscset gnwitri hreew vhea rhda ahs theer eenb. Bultoyeals llits pdstui me na odarnu rof sihuefdnin of aer iwigatn emburn nstiigt htree rsoesti.
D'intd toeissr but eht aveel.
Did i etirenh.
Tllsi i etcare. Indsei i ctarhsecar slfyem mthe fo sitll ptu dna cseeip fdin. That 'otwn ni i naeol etmh ym nscese aapepr inutl eavh i lltis eeavl oehintgsm od twhi me daeh.
A listl mi' rwietr.
Mi' uoy llist.
I vyinegterh yuo adn eotrw uttyallmei nendhrtaue hast't hknti qitesonu ot eanswr eth teh.
You wree swa penahp june no ahwt daie on whit 2 ot otabu ta rokw gnttisi. Ubt kloo nchega id'tnd waht ginog elki to oyu oyu kwen to htseogimn oknw naghc,e aws ndeede.
Otw ppsenah omhtsn itsll hawt e,lrat extn i wnok dton'.
Ubt ?own ihrtg.
Rhee i'm.
Onmetighs m'i ulibdnig wne.
Htinsg to mi' aorfdrw nfnidgi lkoo ot.
Veiusrv leyerm 'mi sntedia nrgiyt to eliv of.
Alhery y,ahe dan.
Purod 'im fo su.
L,veo.
Aylhre.
P. S. Lmca in dwon ,ftca hte kcuf the ryova avuelnytel ,ddi. Yoru atnhk oyu cncreon fro.
P. P. S. Kile olko uyo ecluop btauo xtne diae era no isserluyo, haev eeswk het ot htaw kgufinc of. Ni aedvcna rryso. ❤️.
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