Dear Sage (V1)

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Well hello, friends. It's been a while.

First off I'd like to apologize for the spam in your notifications from me. I--being the dumbass I am--unpublished this story... I don't recall how long ago, but it has been awhile. I'm not too sure why I unpublished it exactly, and I honestly wish I didn't only because now I have to go through each individual chapter and republish it, giving any of my (probably zero) still active followers an absolute notif-nightmare.

Sorry about that.

So, what's this then? Why, after God-knows how many years, have I decided to republish this story? I promise I am getting to that, but first, a little side-route.

Almost a year ago I (and many others) lost a friend to suicide. She was a beautiful, spunky, talented, funny, compassionate, and kind soul, just 18 with her whole life ahead of her. Words truly fail to encompass the impact her life had on the world around her, and they fall short of articulating just exactly how harrowing her death was and continues to be.

I had truly given up on ever finishing the story of Sage and Remy--however, in the months following my friend's passing I found myself pulled back to their story. It has a new meaning now, and I have to finish it. I am finishing it because of her, and without her, I don't think I ever would have reached this resolve. Of course, if I had to choose between her life and this story I would choose her life in a heartbeat, but no one can change what has happened. We can only take what's around us and try to build something from it. That's what I hope to do.

That being said, Dear Sage is in no way meant to replicate or rewrite my friend's life, nor is it meant to in any way mirror anything she went through. Her life is unique and it's own--it is not something I would ever want to sensationalize or construe in order to make a story. Dear Sage will always remain the story between Sage and Remy... I want to take the anger and sadness I feel over my friend's death and make something good from it... I hope that makes sense, it's hard for me to explain what exactly I am feeling...

I am in college now and have been working with a student writing lab assistant on Dear Sage these past few months. His insight and help have been of endless service to me. I published a short story about Sage and Remy in my school's literary publication (which I had previously written for a scholarship, and then extended for publication). I wanted to let all of you know (yes, all zero of you) because this story means so much to me, even more now, and I feel like it has the possibility to mean something to someone else too.

So, in light of this, I decided that I would republish all... 30-some chapters I had written years ago. I don't want to hide this story... even if it is currently unfinished... yeah.

So, that's my note to you all. Thank you. xx