The harness I finally fixed after seven years

Found it in the shed yesterday—frayed at the shoulders, one buckle rusted shut like a secret. Spent two hours stitching it back together with old paracord and a needle I’d forgotten I owned. It’s not perfect, but it holds. Funny how something so worn still remembers how to carry you. The tree I lost to oak wilt? Still think of her when I put it on. Not grief, exactly—more like a thank-you note folded into the fabric.