My Son Left Me Behind on Thanksgiving and Flew His Family to Hawaii—So Friday Morning, I Called Movers and Took Back Everything I Had Paid For
Tucked beside the ice tray was another sheet of paper.
TUESDAY
- School clothes
- Laundry
- Lunch supplies
- Snacks
- Homework folders
- Dinner
- Baths
There were small checkboxes beside each item.
At the bottom, Rebecca had written:
Call Mom if anything comes up.
I stood with the freezer door open.
Mom.
That was me.
The woman left behind.
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