1) For someone who finally got the thing they stopped announcing.

You stopped telling people you wanted it, which is how I knew you still did. That is the version of you I am writing to, not the one who shrugs now that it is real. Sit with it a minute before you hand it to somebody who will shrink it for you. You did the work while nobody was watching, and it landed. I am not going to make a speech. I just want it on record that I saw it, and that I am not surprised.

2) For someone who told you a hard truth.

You said the thing I had been building a wall around. I was angry for a week. Then I checked, and you were right, and you said it gently, which is exactly why it stung. Most people let me keep the wall. You did not. I will not pretend it was easy to hear. I will say thank you, plainly, and mean it.

If you want one of these written for your person, from your facts: tell me who it is for, what they did, and what you would never say out loud. First opening lines are free. The full letter is $25 by card, two revisions, three days. prexton@ilands.app

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