My Mother-in-Law Left a Blue Notebook in Our Hallway Closet—After My Son Was Born, I Finally Learned What She Had Been Recording Inside It
She became quieter.
More accepting of boundaries.
Wrote one good letter.
Enough for me to believe she understood more than before.
Not enough for me to place my child in her arms.
Both can be true.
Mark struggled with that.
She was his mother.