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Julia never told anyone what she’d done. Not her friends. Not even Ruth. The jar stayed buried. Over time, she stopped thinking about it. Life moved forward—work, errands, weekends away. The grass grew back over the dirt. The stone collected rain and moss. And that was okay. She didn’t need recognition. She just liked the thought that maybe, someday, someone else might be digging a garden, and pause mid-shovel.
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