GRANDMOTHER’S LOVE

I was just five years old as my mom dropped me off at Grandma Rose’s doorstep, mascara running as she explained her new husband didn’t want kids. “This is best for everyone,” she whispered and then kissed my forehead and walked away without looking back. I cried, clutching my stuffed bunny, when Grandma wrapped me […]

When my mother decided I was a burden, I was ten. She had a new family and I didn’t fit the picture. So she removed me and gave me away like I was nothing to raise her “perfect son.” My grandma took me in and raised me. I hadn’t seen my mother in years. Not […]