AFTER/WORDS by Jessy Easton

AFTER/WORDS by Jessy Easton

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July 2025

Chapter 23: Dad's Meth Lab
The One Who Leaves—Dad's stitches, the shitty roadside motel, and finding joy in dark places
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Jessy Easton
Write the Hard Thing LIVE Replay: 10-min guided prompt + gentle reset
We wrote about the places that made us, broke us, or held us
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Jessy Easton
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22:41
Write the Hard Thing LIVE Replay: 10-min guided prompt + gentle reset
We wrote into the fear around writing our hard stories
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Jessy Easton
25:51
Chapter 22: Solitary Confinement
The One Who Leaves—the art of not feeling and Mom's prison ties with the Bloods gang
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Jessy Easton
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Chapter 21: What We Were Missing
The One Who Leaves—Home was hunger in a thousand forms, in absence, in sugar, in silence, and wilting hope
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Jessy Easton
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The Summer We Wished To Stay
A full-moon letter to my son, on turning four and making wishes and keeping love at the center
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Jessy Easton
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Chapter 20: Guns in the Desert
The One Who Leaves—when love doesn't always look like love
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Jessy Easton
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Write the Hard Thing LIVE Replay: 10-min Guided Prompt + Gentle Reset
We wrote about the things we weren't allowed to talk about
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Jessy Easton
2
24:41
Chapter 19: A Loaded Shotgun
The One Who Leaves—Mom’s broad daylight burglary and Dad's meth recipe
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Jessy Easton
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The Ache of Wanting to Keep What We Know We’ll Lose (June Wrap-Up)
Turning 39, the wild hope that there’s still time, and following the quiet yes of my body
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Jessy Easton
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