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...

E'lol'siry ndidt' tqiu.
Dan igtisnt ayds thheretis— otg yoelfrsu erwe sehcoo gnigo you otrew rhete yads aetrf fi uyo owngenrdi nfialyl to lewve—ae trefa rdief teerh.
Hwis htta i i rehet tlel meos oyu in snselo dlouc swa elaufubit. Eseirnuv thta we hs,up orf wnke a tath needed ro arseon gthryineev nhppsea eht a.
Tno to taht 'mi gonig to yuo do.
Teh si tusj lucer fkngcui isetsmoem uenvesri.
Entx uoy ahtt ahd dan vewirtnei hte a?yd.
Obj tddni' you teh tge.
Tsa'ht oyka utb.
Ojb a niotspio uyo suebeca oantreh oerfdef. Ootk ti uyo.
Wno yuore' slase mgenraa a pastr.
A dne eth hswmoeo ddie eevn tath oto awtns' aerft dan otbua bseaeuc peje rfdie, scoah, itgengt fo the eth ekwe.
Sye. Pehe.
Kown i.
Tub d'otn niacp. Tiolp now evha ew aohdn a. Anem is ruso reh s'hse dna orry hss'e d,er.
A trelte bsealt nhtwii lcupeo tgrwiin hvriegeynt iaslbaylc egdanhc shti wehil ,keesw of os roicedensd uyo.
Cenahdg rwok.
Acr het gehandc.
Ilef gnhadce.
Ehtrehw 'tindd okedwr you otu ot ouy nkow iryetgnvhe anwt dasi.
I'm algd htat said ouy.
Ginthrevey uot iddt'n o,n wkro bcesuea.
Oknw htnemoigs yuo to tdaenw tub seel.
Oyu of udorp lsreuyfo? rae.
Yeah.
Ma ytaculal i.
Not eitrghyevn ebaesuc addelhn i tlfpcryee. I'dtdn i.
Smylfe i ton of argnd teacncimi in uabeces oehcs nad etmonm mseo otu dacemrh levyrba i'lyo'elsr. I meotnm ttha dndi't teg. Aws me ayaw eocchi etkan taht mrfo.
I tog htaw to eocsoh radfteraw dnhppeea utb.
Cabk i pu tog.
Bjo het thoer i ootk.
Rdlaene i wne ertso a.
I gmaearn ebamce a.
Cra gridefu tniaitosu i tuo eht.
Out edecddi orf eth ot ggoni uenj a lsbtoeua htis hwe,n ateb nlryfa,k us of etpk i lehiw.
Enwh oyu so k:sa.
Did ?oecn ouy oysurlfe osceoh for.
Nwreas hte si hktin i sye.
Yuo way otthguh tno louwd ti penhap tjus teh ni.
I hcoeos es'rloy'il the tnidd' ot egt ta edgnin.
Emac nnengbigi teh ti i tath rtfae hseoc.
Ouy rfo asol tpepdos if dakse tredi bgine i igaizonoplg.
No.
'im rsory.
On atht one m'i kwgnori litsl.
A keli tuhsienxoa s'it i gifilna emiessomt lsilt ratte lroma. Goign seetmmois longre, lslti do eepk i thnik mero, ysta rwko husdol elba aerrh,d i waeka to be.
But us ot be rignyt ti keridn ot m'i butoa.
You sead:k etnh.
Tns'i iiv?lgn ouy teh hignt embrreme msae visurignv htat as idd.
Lnfialy to kniht i'm i ntgitrsa.
Htey tujs phyap gsnhit me akem uaeecsb v'ei dneo.
Eridp i've ot ogne. Ogne to voeism ei'v. Cliouusidr ucesbea meka me tel telilt uby yeht ev'i hignst simle meflys. Avhe idceetx im' i btoua eyugelinn anpsl. Txne ltaomner inogg are dink reltcnuyr esronp lyirarv sgroidincen we mnlfigi to now isivt ahmrc ubceaes a im' dna ilngfy hiotamln game tenh ratplypaen for hckyeo eth tedeah ot to of taos,nicol s'ttha.
Eys, usnlreaenoab we eorbef esnha yila ,ask veol na adn oyu nmutao nda isllt.
Hsting msoe cganhe dtno'.
Eht ieqstuno ronmttiap bngsri you ot em msto cldlae oen the iwhhc.
Sillt uyo rae tinwr?ig.
Yes.
Ilcmedoatpc is enwrsa taht oot.
Wihs th'anev ucmh i dah i sa trweint i as. Rntiwgi ehrte been ehrectsst dahr has heva rheew enbe. Are sttigni bmenur htere oruadn dhinsinuef ssoetir an lleytsboua me fo llsti sputdi ofr nwiagti.
Evlea tdi'nd tbu soitser eth.
Niteerh ddi i.
Rcteea i istll. Deniis speeic tpu i them ymlesf of difn lslti dna eracsahctr. Whit preapa do tenhimgos ni naleo aehd i ym thme nltiu 'ownt ecness itlls vaeh i vaele thta em.
'mi trweir a lilst.
You 'mi tsill.
I nda ot heietnrgyv ouy uanntdehre mlalettiuy tstha' wnaesr hknit retwo hte eht toqniseu.
Daei hiwt korw ta snittig penpah jenu swa 2 utbao waht on on reew yuo ot. To ahn,cge tghnomsie lkei swa nwke oyu ouy ddti'n ot ahecgn gogni htaw kloo wnko but enedde.
Htnsom i ra,tle hawt entx tlsli ashppne nokw otw on'td.
Tgihr tub nw?o.
Reeh i'm.
New iibundlg nmgoteihs mi'.
To ihntgs iifgndn 'im kloo worfdra to.
Esdniat of to im' vivesru veli grtyni leremy.
Ylreha nad ,ayeh.
Odrpu i'm of su.
,love.
Layher.
P. S. The ni eltuvelnay vyroa almc nwod fcuk id,d a,tcf het. Aktnh coerncn ruyo for uoy.
P. P. S. Aer ot eht kile on autbo next ucelop of fucgkin vaeh tahw iead eiysrl,uso uoy kool ewesk. Eavdcna yorrs in. ❤️.

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