AFTER/WORDS by Jessy Easton

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Chapter 19: A Loaded Shotgun
The One Who Leaves—Mom’s broad daylight burglary and Dad's meth recipe
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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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Write the Hard Thing LIVE Replay: 10-min Guided Prompt + Gentle Reset
We wrote about the breath we didn’t know we were holding
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June 2025

Chapter 18: Switch on the Light
The One Who Leaves—when love looks like violence, and truth feels like betrayal
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Write the Hard Thing LIVE Replay: 10-min Guided Prompt + Gentle Reset
Today we wrote about sound, and the stories hiding inside it
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Chapter 17: The Tweak Room
The One Who Leaves—when you sense the cracks, but don’t yet have the language or safety to name the break
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Write the Hard Thing (Weekly Substack LIVE)
Ten minutes. One prompt. A nervous system-safe space to write the thing that scares you.
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Chapter 16: A Prison Wedding
The One Who Leaves—playing the flower girl at my parents' prison wedding
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Silence Was My First Survival Skill
I spent my life hiding where I came from. Here’s what happened when I stopped.
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Chapter 15: Mother Infant
The One Who Leaves—the time I lived in prison with my mother
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The Quiet Surrender Of Loving What’s Here, Not What’s Missing (May Wrap-Up)
The never-ending duality of life, tending to the past, and silver linings
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May 2025

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