My Son Was Declared Gone Until His Math Teacher Found An Envelope He Left For Me

other children.

The most satisfying ending would be to say I stopped missing him.

I did not.

I would not want that.

Missing him is proof he was here.

But I stopped being only the mother who lost him. Charlie stopped being only the father who could not reach him. Together, slowly, painfully, we became the parents still carrying out our son’s last request.continue reading …