Before My 19-Year-Old Son Died, He Donated His Heart to an 18-Year-Old Girl—Then Her Mother Handed Me a Letter: “Mom, There’s Something You Need to Know About Her”
I gave her entries about their first meeting.
Their jokes.
The transplant conversation.
His hope that she would attend art school.
Maya read them slowly.
Then said:
“He was such an idiot.”
I stared.