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November 2025

Hey Nineteen
I don’t remember the point of this letter. I just felt a sense of obligation to write something considering it’s that day. I wish you were still here…
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Letter seven 17-11-2025
I swear, I had a point when I started. Somewhere along the way I lost it.
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In a Million Lifetimes
When I tell people my dad is the strongest person I’ve ever known, it isn’t because you could beat the shit out of their dad (which, let’s be honest…
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Maybe Is a Nothing Word
A Letter To My Father
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The Stuff of You
I like to imagine that the stuff of you is floating around Orion while Uncle Charlie is lingering near the moon. I don’t know why, I just know that when…
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The Weight of "If"
Forgiving you for leaving us the way you did was difficult work, but easier to do than forgiving you for how you left one of my siblings believing it…
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A Little Girl is Burying Her Daddy
A Letter to My Father
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I Meant To Tell You...
This is one of those things I wish I could tell my old man. I may turn this into something I do regularly. I love you, dad. And you'd be so proud of the…
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October 2025

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