Presence
The Note Under the Door
Virginia Sutton·Chicago, USA·March 25, 2026
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I had moved to a new city for a job that fell through. Alone, broke, and humiliated, I was considering getting on a bus and going home. I came back to my apartment to find a note slipped under the door. It said: "I don't know your name but I've been praying for you. You're going to make it." I found out months later it was from a neighbor who said she was simply "told" to write it.