But they always heard me.
When they asked about Claire, I never called her cruel. I told them, “Your mother made a choice she believed she needed to make. I made a different one.”
What I did not tell them was that, for years, I had written to her.
I sent photos.
Report cards.
Updates from school.
Part 2
A note when Grace won a spelling bee.
Another when Lily played violin at her concert.
I did it because I never wanted to be the reason they had no connection to their mother.
Some letters came back unopened.