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...
'r'lsyeilo tddi'n uiqt.
Tgnitis oyu fi ayds evwaee—l eerht ondwirneg nda oehsoc to wreot otg wree rdfei syeroufl eerht ngoig ouy eh—teishtr fnilyla trefa dsay efatr.
In wihs i hatt aws ltel rtehe you i clodu ssenlo oesm uliftuabe. Or ew a eededn kenw hsepanp veygheitnr het hsup, thta aserno ahtt a rfo vsenurie.
M'i to to od oyu taht inggo tno.
Utjs svineeur the unfckig is luecr moeiessmt.
Iventeriw ttah yda? adh eht dna txne uyo.
Ojb get eth dn'dti yuo.
Aoyk tath's btu.
Inosoitp a natheor uasbece ouy derofef jbo. It toko oyu.
Rapst slase agaremn uyo'er a won.
Ohac,s ddei dna teh jeep ubaot asebecu n'wtas too areft the ttah hte mhsewoo a veen irfde, etgingt of weke dne.
Sye. Hepe.
Konw i.
Btu not'd incpa. Ew doanh poitl a onw hvae. Royr reh is edr, rsuo s'seh eshs' eman and.
Balets sbyclliaa erdeincods oyu a lrttee hits fo ngreithyve oepcul iitnrgw iitwhn gcednha ihewl eksw,e os.
Rkow ncedhag.
Car hte dgehcna.
Gechnda elif.
Ouy ewrokd wtan ndit'd kwno negiervtyh hwetreh siad uyo uto ot.
Ldag idas i'm oyu ttha.
Bceesua o,n eghytvnier wkor otu 'dindt.
Ubt edatnw uoy wnok slee tosnigmhe to.
Ear ruopd uoy of soyu?rfel.
Eahy.
Ma lacyault i.
Tno ginvhteyre adehdln aceesbu i pfereyltc. 'tdnid i.
Eshco e''lyrlosi miinecact redamch osem otu omnmte dna of ni uaseceb angrd ton i belyvra lymfse. Thta gte i 'iddtn tenmmo. Swa tkena mrfo em coiehc aawy atth.
I to hoecos padehepn arfweatrd tgo btu htaw.
Acbk up i gto.
Toehr koto hte i job.
Rseot reldnae a i ewn.
Bamece i a grneama.
Eth acr digrfue i uot aisttouin.
A ynr,flak ot tuo fo this deddcie nuje lbaoetsu etpk eht us while gnogi i abte fro wen,h.
Ouy :kas newh os.
Oyu oesohc rof noe?c idd slfureoy.
Ewrasn i htkin eth esy si.
Hpneap hgttohu ont tjsu you it in way het uwdol.
At tge teh d'itdn i ot neignd yl'l'rieos sooceh.
Ttah ehosc frtea it eth acme inggneinb i.
If niebg opsptde gioinolgzpa salo i keads idetr you rof.
No.
Ysorr i'm.
No 'im lsilt atth kgrnwoi eno.
Tslil oamlr tatre xtnshuiaeo tsi' flniiag i a elki toeiemmss. I to sduolh ekpe gniog msieetoms i od orkw tills ,more dare,hr aleb inkht stya eb aaekw l,orgen.
Ot taoub m'i irngyt knedri su eb to it but.
Ekdsa: thne yuo.
Igl?ivn atht idd eebmrrem uoy uvirngsiv sema eht sa gtinh n'ist.
M'i kinht fynilal srtnaitg to i.
Amke done secubea me tujs heyt itghns 'ive yhppa.
To engo v'ei dpire. Ogen 'vei ot omsiev. Me uyb seabcue sntihg duruscolii lmefsy amke eitltl mlsie tle etyh vie'. Cidexte buoat i eavh nslpa 'mi eileunyng. Xtne aer the spnroe of ilvyrra inlahtmo elnmoart to enht wno 'im dna ceusbae ateehd niflimg ycruntrel aegm rfo senicnirdgo to ot ash'tt tviis soio,alnct dink hrcam a eckyoh ggino we peaptarnly lfynig.
Enhsa sye, feboer ew s,ak nad ilslt na dan yail noanlrbeaues yuo tuaomn elvo.
Sihntg esom gcnhea od'nt.
Cealld eon eth ot ouisqnte whihc smot ouy me tpmnoatri the sbgrni.
Era stlil yuo igwt?irn.
Sey.
Renswa oot si mcloadtipec taht.
I ishw cmuh entirwt as hn'etva dah sa i i. Haev enbe ewher trceteshs neeb hsa etrhe riwgnti rdha. Hreet audonr an em iwtgian idtspu fo tsrseio ear allsyotbeu slitl iidunensfh snitigt rfo beumnr.
Eth vlaee 'dintd siseort ubt.
Idd i rneethi.
Lltsi i teacer. Nseidi rrscaehcat lltis i tup eeicsp nifd myesfl dan fo thme. Em do tllis htiw i htta seionghtm lnuit oanel ssence 'nwot ehmt leeva eppaar ym ni ehva i ahde.
Llits eitwrr a i'm.
You mi' lslti.
Riyetvhneg i eht otsiqune uadnenrteh nda yuo het tmatulleiy as'tht ewtor inhkt to rwesan.
Iade hpnpae swa on no intigst 2 ouy erwe ubato korw itwh twah uejn ta to. Deeedn lkei tub c,henga ggnoi to cehgna uoy mshenigto tdnid' ot ewkn saw nwko thaw olok you.
Tenx isllt nowk tow enahpps htaw alert, nd'ot i mhtnos.
N?ow igrth ubt.
Heer m'i.
Thgnsimeo i'm wen gidlibnu.
Afdrorw tgshni m'i kloo ot ot fdningi.
Vsireuv mrleye i'm of yignrt ensaidt to evil.
Ey,ha dna ahyler.
Us ropdu 'im of.
L,ove.
Hleary.
P. S. F,cta ni fkuc rvoya het ,ddi nwdo eht aclm alueltynve. Nkhta orf oury ccnnroe ouy.
P. P. S. Uelsory,si het autob tahw like swkee on are kfngcui eaid loko yuo epluco etxn to eavh fo. Adecvna in rrosy. ️❤.
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