Anna,
I don’t know if you will ever read this. I’m not sure I deserve that chance. But I need to say what I never had the courage to say when you were still in my life.
What I did to you was the greatest mistake I ever made.
You gave me life. Literally. And I repaid you with betrayal.
Not a single year passed that I didn’t think about it. I wanted to call you so many times. I even dialed your number once, but I hung up before it rang.
I was ashamed.
I know I can’t undo what I did. But I want you to know that the life you gave me mattered. I spent it trying to be a good mother to Emily.
She wants to become a doctor someday.
Maybe, in some small way, that will honor the gift you gave me.
