My hands started shaking before I even opened it.

There were only a few words.

I’m sorry. I can’t do this anymore.

That was it.

No explanation.

No goodbye to the children.

No instructions.

No telephone number.

Nothing.

He had not only left me.

He had apparently abandoned all ten of his children too.

My heart shattered.

The first days were chaos.

The children kept asking where their father was.