I always thought I was doing everything right. My name is Margaret Anderson. I raised my son David on my own after my husband died when David was only five. I worked two jobs — as a nurse at a hospital and cleaning offices in the evenings — to send him to college. I never remarried. David was my everything, my reason for living, my pride and joy.
When David finished medical school and became a cardiologist, I felt like I could breathe again. Five years ago, he married Jennifer, a real estate agent. At first, she seemed nice enough—polite, proper, always smiling.
However, things soon began to change. Weekly phone calls became monthly, and invitations to Sunday dinners stopped. When I asked David about it, he said, ‘Mum, we’re just so busy. You understand, right?’
Last Christmas season was different. I hadn’t seen my son in four months. When I called to ask about Christmas plans, Jennifer answered the phone.
‘Oh, Margaret,’ she said in a cold, sweet voice. ‘We’re not planning a big celebration this year, just immediate family.’
‘But I am immediate family,’ I replied, confused.
‘We’ll call you on Christmas Day,’ she said and hung up.
Something tightened in my chest, but I suppressed the feeling. I told myself I was being overly sensitive and that David couldn’t possibly exclude his mother from Christmas.
Two days before Christmas, I decided to visit them. I baked David’s favourite apple and cinnamon pie, using a recipe his grandmother had given me. I bought presents for my grandchildren, Emma and Jake, aged eight and six — children I hardly knew, as visits had become rare.
The trip took three hours. Snow was falling softly, making everything look like a postcard. Their house, a beautiful two-storey colonial that I had helped with the down payment on, glowed with warm lights and Christmas decorations. I could see the Christmas tree through the window, with wrapped presents underneath it and stockings hanging on the fireplace.
I rang the doorbell, holding my pie in my hands, full of hope.
David opened the door. His face — oh God, his face — changed from surprise to something dark. Irritation. Anger.
‘Mum, what are you doing here?’ he asked.
‘I came for Christmas, dear. I brought your favourite pie.’
‘And who invited you?’
His voice was sharp, burning. I stood there frozen, snow melting on my shoulders.
Jennifer appeared behind him, her expression carefully neutral.
‘David, what—’
‘Oh, Margaret.’
‘I’m your mother,’ I said quietly, looking at my son.
‘I thought this was just for family,’ David said.
Behind him, I noticed Emma and Jake peeking around the corner, their eyes wide.
‘We discussed boundaries, Mum. You can’t just show up uninvited.’
‘Since when do I need an invitation to see my son at Christmas?’
Jennifer put her hand on David’s shoulder, as if to assert her rights.
‘Margaret, we asked you to respect our space. We already have our own traditions, our own family.’
‘I’m your mother,’ I repeated, my voice breaking.
Was I really standing here arguing about my right to be part of my son’s life?
David’s jaw tightened.
‘You need to leave right now. This is humiliating.’
The word hit me like a slap in the face.
Humiliating.
A mother is humiliating.
‘David, please, go away, old woman. This is family time, and you’re not welcome here.’
The door slammed shut in my face.
I stood there in the snow with the pie in my hands, looking at the wreath on their door. Inside, I could hear Christmas music playing. Laughter. My grandchildren asking, ‘Daddy, who’s that?’
I don’t remember how I got back to the car. I don’t remember the drive back, but I do remember sitting in my dark, cold house that night, looking at the small Christmas tree I had decorated alone, and feeling something inside me break.
And then, slowly, something else took its place. Not sadness. Not grief. Something colder, harder, more determined.
By morning, I knew what I had to do.
On Christmas morning, I woke up at 5:00 a.m., as I had done for forty years as a nurse. But I had nowhere to go. The house was silent except for the ticking clock in the kitchen. I made coffee and sat down at the kitchen table—the same table where I had helped David with his homework, where we had celebrated his acceptance into medical school, where I had cried the night my husband died.
What had just happened?
I took out a notebook — an old habit from my nursing days, when documentation meant everything — and began to write. Facts, without emotion. Facts.
Fact one: David and Jennifer deliberately excluded me from Christmas.
Fact two: This wasn’t the first time. It had been building for two years.
Fact three: I have no legal right to see my grandchildren. None.
Fact four: I gave David £60,000 for the down payment on his house, never asked for it back.
Fact five: I cosigned his medical school loans and paid off $15,000 when he was having difficulties.
Fact six: I am still listed as the emergency contact for the children at school. Jennifer forgot about that.
This last fact made me think.
I went over to my filing cabinet. Yes, I kept my files organised by year, and pulled out the documents — greeting cards I had sent, but they never replied; emails I had written and received one-word replies to; text messages begging for photos of my grandchildren.
And then I found it. A document I had almost forgotten.
Five years ago, when David and Jennifer bought their house, I didn’t just give them money. I was added to the deed as a co-owner, for ten per cent, because the bank required more collateral for the mortgage. It was a temporary measure. David said he would remove me as soon as they refinanced.
They never did.
I stared at the document for a long time. My hands were shaking.
Was I really considering this? What exactly?
I thought about last night — about the look on David’s face.
‘Go away, old woman.’
The door slammed.
My grandchildren watching their father treat their grandmother like trash.
What kind of person had I raised?
No. That wasn’t right. I had raised a good person, a kind boy who brought me dandelions and drew pictures for me. Something had changed him.
Someone had changed him.
Jennifer.
I watched it happen slowly — how she gently corrected him when he talked about visiting me too often; how she rolled her eyes when I called; subtle hints about codependent relationships and healthy boundaries and nuclear families. She systematically isolated him, carefully.
And David, wanting to be a good husband, let her.
Or maybe it’s too simple. Maybe David wanted distance too. Maybe I was too much of a burden — too intrusive.
No.
I stopped that thought. I was a mother, a good mother. I sacrificed everything for him, and that wasn’t wrong. Loving your child is not a character flaw.
I picked up the phone and called my friend Rita, a retired family lawyer.
‘Rita, it’s Margaret. I need some advice.’
I told her everything. When I finished, there was a long silence.
‘Margaret, dear, you have options. Regarding the house, you have a legal basis. And if they are deliberately isolating you from your grandchildren for no reason, you may have grounds for visitation rights in your state.’
‘I don’t want to sue my son,’ I whispered.
‘So what do you want?’
What do I want?
I want my son back. I want respect. I want my grandchildren to know their grandmother. I want to stop feeling invisible, useless, like rubbish on the side of the road.
‘I want them to understand that they can’t treat me this way,’ I said slowly. ‘I want them to face up to their responsibilities.’
‘Then you need leverage,’ Rita said. ‘From what you’ve told me, you have it. The deed to that house is significant. I would start there. Let me do a little research, and I’ll call you back.’
After we hung up, I sat very quietly.
Was I really doing this? Was I planning some kind of revenge?
No.
Not revenge.
Justice. Boundaries. Consequences.
They wanted to treat me as if I didn’t matter. Fine. I’ll show them how much I do matter.
I opened my laptop and started taking notes. By evening, I had a rough plan.
Document everything.
Strengthen my legal position.
Force them to have a conversation they can’t ignore.
My hands were steady now. The crying was over.
Tomorrow I would begin.
The day after the holiday, I went to Rita’s office. She looked over my documents and was delighted with the news.
“Margaret, this is actually more significant than I thought. You own ten per cent of their house. They can’t sell it without your signature. And they can’t refinance without your approval. Legally, they should have listed you as a co-owner on their taxes, which they didn’t do.
I didn’t say anything. It wasn’t a question.
‘Which means they potentially committed tax fraud — though I’ll need to check their returns to confirm that.’
“Which means they may have committed tax fraud — although I’ll need to check their tax returns.
Rita leaned forward.
“But here’s the important thing. You have leverage. Real leverage. The question is how you want to use it.
‘I want a meeting,’ I said. ‘A real conversation. I want them to explain to my face why I’m not welcome in my son’s life. And if they refuse, I’ll exercise my legal rights regarding the property.’
Rita smiled grimly.
‘Let me draft a letter — lawyer to lawyer, professional but firm.’
Three days later, the letter was sent by registered post to David’s home and office at the hospital. It outlined my legal position regarding the property and formally requested a family meeting within two weeks to discuss current issues regarding family relationships and legal obligations.
I didn’t have to wait two weeks.
David called me at 11 p.m. that same day, his voice shaking with rage.
‘What the hell is this, Mum? A legal letter? Are you threatening us?’
‘I’m requesting a conversation, David. You slammed the door in my face at Christmas. You don’t take my calls. What else was I supposed to do?’
‘This is blackmail.’
‘No,’ I said. ‘This is me reminding you that I exist, that I have rights, that I am your mother.’
‘You’re crazy,’ he hissed. ‘Jennifer was right about you. You’re controlling and manipulative.’
‘Then prove that’s not true,’ I said calmly.
My heart was pounding, but my voice remained steady. Years of working with crisis situations in the search and rescue brigade had taught me that.
‘Meet with me. Explain your side. If I’m wrong, show me how.’
‘We don’t owe you anything.’
‘You owe me £60,000 for the down payment on the house. You owe me for the loans I signed. But that’s not the point. This is about basic human decency, David. I’m your mother.’
He hung up.
I sat in my dark kitchen, my hands shaking.
Had I just destroyed what was left of my relationship with my son?
But two days later, Rita called.
‘Margaret, Jennifer’s solicitor responded. They agreed to meet next Monday at 10:00 a.m. at their solicitor’s office. They call it mediation.’
‘They have a solicitor?’
‘That’s how you know you’ve hit a nerve.’
Rita paused.
‘Margaret, are you really sure about this? Once we enter into formal mediation, things will get heated. There will be no going back to the way things were.’
The way things were?
I laughed bitterly.
‘Rita, there’s nothing to go back to. They’ve already cut me off. I just refuse to disappear quietly.’
On Monday morning, I dressed carefully — professionally, with dignity — a dark blue jacket, pearl earrings my mother had given me. I arrived early at the solicitor’s office in the city centre.
David and Jennifer were already there, sitting with their solicitor, a young man in an expensive suit who looked as if he had just graduated from law school. They didn’t look at me when I entered.
Jennifer was wearing a cream dress, her blonde hair pulled back tightly. She looked as if she had come to a funeral. Perhaps it was the funeral of her carefully constructed narrative that I was unimportant.
David looked exhausted, with dark circles under his eyes. He never met my gaze.
The mediation began with introductions. Their solicitor, whose name was Bradley, spoke first.
‘Ms Anderson, my clients are prepared to discuss a financial settlement to exclude you from the deed. They are prepared to offer the market value of your ten per cent share plus reasonable compensation for any loans or gifts you have provided during…’
‘No,’ I said.
Bradley froze.
‘I’m sorry?’
‘I’m not here to discuss money,’ I said. ‘I’m here because I want to understand why my son won’t let me see my grandchildren. Why I was humiliated at Christmas. Why I’ve been erased from his life.’
Jennifer leaned forward, her voice saccharine.
‘Margaret, this isn’t about erasing you. It’s about healthy boundaries. David and I have created our own family unit, and we need space.’
‘Space from what?’ I asked. ‘From the woman who raised him alone, worked herself to exhaustion so he could become a doctor?’
‘You’re emotionally manipulative,’ Jennifer said, her mask slipping slightly. ‘You use guilt to control David. You’ve done it his whole life. We protect our children from this toxic dynamic.’
The words hung in the air.
There it was.
The truth I had been waiting for.
‘Toxic,’ I repeated quietly.
I turned to my son.
‘David, is that what you think? That I’m toxic?’
Finally, he looked at me, and in his eyes I saw something that broke my heart all over again — guilt, shame, but also agreement.
‘Mum, you have to understand,’ he said. ‘Jennifer helped me see these patterns. The ways you made everything about your victims, the ways you made me responsible for your happiness.’
‘I loved you,’ I whispered.
‘Too much,’ Jennifer interjected. ‘You loved him too much. And now you need to let go.’
I slowly stood up. Rita put her hand on mine, warning me, but I was calm — completely calm.
‘No,’ I said. ‘I don’t think I’ll let go.’
I looked at Bradley.
‘My solicitor will contact you regarding my legal options for property and visitation rights. This meeting is over.’
As I walked out, I heard Jennifer’s voice, no longer sweet.
‘You’ll regret this.’
Fine.
Let them worry.
The war had officially begun.
Rita filed two separate legal actions within forty-eight hours. The first was a formal petition for visitation rights based on her established relationship with Emma and Jake. The second was a notice that I would be exercising my rights as co-owner of the property and would require approval for any major financial decisions regarding the house.
‘This will get their attention,’ Rita said. ‘And Margaret, be prepared. This is going to be unpleasant.’
She was right.
The first call came from David at 6:00 a.m., three days after I filed.
‘Mum, you have to stop this now. Jennifer is just adding fuel to the fire. The children are confused. You’re tearing our family apart.’
‘I’m tearing it apart?’ I repeated, my voice cold. ‘David, I wasn’t invited to Christmas. I’m not allowed to see my grandchildren. How exactly am I tearing it apart?’
‘If you don’t stop these legal actions, we’ll…’
He swallowed his words.
‘We’ll file for a restraining order. We’ll tell the judge that you’re out of your mind, that you’re stalking us.’
‘Go ahead,’ I said quietly. ‘I have documentation of every wrongful act, every ignored phone call, every ignored text message, every birthday card I sent to the children I’m not allowed to see. Take me to court, David. Let the judge see what you’ve done.’
He hung up, but the real attack came two days later.
I was at the grocery store when my phone rang. The number was unfamiliar.
“Mrs Anderson, this is Headmaster Martinez from Riverside Primary School. I’m calling because we have received a formal request from Mr. and Mrs. Hartwell — David and Jennifer — to remove you from Emma and Jake’s emergency contact list. They have also specified that under no circumstances are you allowed to pick up the children or have any contact with them on school grounds.
My hand tightened around the trolley.
‘They have also filed a formal complaint,’ the headteacher continued, her voice uncomfortable, ‘stating that you have attempted to gain access to the children without parental permission and that this poses a safety risk.’
‘That’s a lie,’ I said. ‘I never tried to take these children without permission. I’ve barely seen them in the last two years.’
‘I understand that this is a difficult family situation,’ she said, ‘but without a court order granting you visitation rights, we must respect the parents’ wishes. I’m sorry.’
After she hung up, I stood in the cereal aisle, shaking.
They’re completely isolating me, making me look dangerous, unstable.
But then my phone beeped. A message from a number I didn’t recognise.
— Mrs Anderson, this is Melissa Chen, Emma’s third-grade teacher. I know I shouldn’t be contacting you, but I want you to know that Emma talks about you all the time. She draws portraits of you. She asked me why her grandmother doesn’t come to her birthday parties anymore. I don’t know what’s going on in your family, but these children love you. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
I stood there in the grocery store and cried.
Then I forwarded the message to Rita.
‘That’s good,’ Rita said when I called her. ‘Witnesses to the children’s love for you. Witnesses to your character. We can use that.’
The following week, the conflict between David and Jennifer escalated. They called my neighbours, telling them that I was unstable and obsessed. They posted vague messages on social media about toxic family members and how they were protecting the children from manipulation. Jennifer’s friends, the women I had socialised with on my birthday, blocked me on Facebook.
But I didn’t break down.
Instead, I documented everything — took screenshots, saved voice messages, recorded threatening calls (which is legal in my state with one consent), building my case brick by brick.
And then, one evening, David showed up at my house. He looked terrible — exhausted, defeated.
‘Mum, please,’ he said, standing in the doorway. ‘Please let it go. Jennifer—she’s… she’s talking about moving, about taking the children to another state where you won’t be able to file for visitation rights. She says that if you don’t stop, she’ll make sure I never see you again.’
‘So she’s threatening you too,’ I said quietly.
He flinched.
‘David, when did you stop being yourself? When did her desires become more important than what’s right?’
‘You don’t understand how difficult she can make my life.’
‘No,’ I interrupted. ‘You don’t understand how difficult you’ve made my life.’
‘But here’s what’s going to happen. I’m not letting anything go. If Jennifer wants to leave, that’s her choice. But she’ll have to explain to the judge why she’s fleeing the state to avoid a petition for visitation rights with her grandmother. It’s not going to look good.’
‘You’re ruining everything,’ he whispered.
‘No, dear. I’m trying to save it, but you can’t see that yet.’
He left.
And for the first time in weeks, they were silent. No calls, no texts, no social media posts.
Rita said it was a strategy.
‘They’re regrouping, planning their next move. Be ready.’
But for now, I had a respite.
I took three days off from the stress. I went to a group at my church where people who really knew me hugged me and said they were praying for me. I had coffee with Rita and laughed for the first time in a long time.
I slept through the night.
I was ready for what was to come.
The call came on Sunday morning, two weeks after David’s last visit.
It was Jennifer, and her voice sounded completely different — soft, warm, almost tearful.
“Margaret, it’s Jennifer. Please don’t hang up.”
I almost did, but curiosity kept me on the line.
‘I’m listening.’
‘I need to apologise. I was awful to you, to be honest. I’ve been thinking about everything — Christmas, how we behaved towards each other — and I’m ashamed.’
She paused, and I heard a sob.
‘David and I are under a lot of stress. His job, the children, financial problems. I took it out on you, and it wasn’t fair. You always tried to help us.’
Financial problems.
Interesting.
Rita mentioned that they had been trying to refinance the house for several months, presumably to access the cash they needed. They couldn’t do that without my signature.
‘What do you want, Jennifer?’
‘I want to fix things. I want the children to know their grandmother. I want — I want us to be a family again. Can we try? Can you come over for dinner this Friday? The children would be so happy.’
It was a good performance. I’ll give her credit for that.
‘And in exchange,’ I asked calmly.
‘In return?’ Her voice faltered slightly.
‘Jennifer, let’s not play games. You want something. What is it?’
Pause. Then her voice became sweet again, but with a harshness underneath.
— We need to refinance the house, Margaret. The legal complications with you on the deed are causing problems. If you would just sign the papers to remove yourself, we would compensate you fairly, and then we could all move on. A fresh start.
Mhm.
There it is.
‘Margaret, please. For the family. For Emma and Jake. Don’t you want to see them?’
‘Of course I want to see them,’ I said, ‘but not like this. Not as a deal where I sign away my legal rights in exchange for crumbs of access to my grandchildren.’
‘You’re being illogical.’
‘No, Jennifer. I’m being clear. You want me out of this deed because it gives me power you don’t like. Well, that power is the only thing protecting me from being completely disowned. So I’m not signing anything.’
‘You’re making a mistake,’ she said.
Now the warmth was completely gone.
‘You don’t know what David and I are capable of.’
‘Actually,’ I said, ‘I’m beginning to understand.’
She hung up.
Three days later, a completely different approach.
An envelope was delivered to my house, handed to me personally.
Inside was a letter written in Emma’s childish handwriting.
“Dear Grandma, I miss you so much. Mummy says you’re ill and that’s why you can’t come to visit. Are you all right? I made you a drawing. I hope you get better soon. I love you, Emma.
Attached to the letter was a coloured pencil drawing of a little girl and an elderly man holding hands with a rainbow above their heads.
I stood in the kitchen with that letter and felt my resolve weakening.
They had used my granddaughter—used her innocence as a weapon.
I called Rita immediately.
‘They gave her a false narrative to manipulate me,’ I said, my voice shaking. ‘They told an eight-year-old girl that I was too sick to come. Now she’s worried about me, and they’re using her concern as emotional pressure.’
‘This could be useful for our case,’ Rita said grimly. ‘It will show parental alienation — lying to children about another family member. Document it. Save the letter.’
I wrote a reply to Emma. A carefully worded letter, which Rita checked first — nothing that could be used against me — telling her that I loved her, that I wasn’t ill, and that I hoped to see her soon.
I sent it to the school, addressed to Emma’s teacher, Miss Chen, asking if she could give it to Emma personally. She agreed and later sent me the text.
Emma was so happy that she asked if she could write you a reply. But Jennifer found out. Miss Chen was reprimanded by the headmaster for interfering in a family dispute.
The attempts at manipulation continued.
David’s friends started calling me, people I had known for years, saying that I should be reasonable, that I was pushing David into depression, that the family should forgive and move on.
But I found my own support system.
My church group supported me. Pastor Williams, who had known me for thirty years, offered to write a character reference letter for the court. The women from my book club, from my volunteer work at the hospital, from my neighbourhood—they all took the initiative.
‘We’ve seen you with those children,’ my neighbour Dorothy said firmly. ‘We know what kind of grandmother you are. Don’t let them make you think the problem is you.’
I went to a support group for estranged grandmothers and found twelve other people fighting similar battles. We shared strategies, lawyer recommendations, and supported each other.
I wasn’t alone.
And with each passing day, my resolve grew stronger, like steel.
They came on Thursday evening without warning.
I was sitting with a book in my living room when I heard a car pull up. Through the window, I saw David and Jennifer walking down the path together — a united front, full of determination.
I opened the door before they had a chance to knock.
‘Margaret,’ David said, his voice carefully controlled. ‘We need to talk. Can we come in?’
Every instinct screamed at me to say no. But I stepped back.
They entered my house—the house where I had raised David—as if surveying enemy territory.
Jennifer’s eyes scanned the living room, taking in the seed photos on the walls, the worn armchairs, the knitted blankets I had made years ago.
‘Coffee?’ I offered, my voice neutral.
‘This isn’t a social visit,’ Jennifer said, sitting down on my sofa without waiting for permission.
David remained standing with his arms crossed.
‘Then what is it?’
‘It’s an intervention,’ she said. ‘Margaret, we’re worried about you. This obsessive behaviour, this legal pressure — it’s not healthy. We think you need help.’
I slowly sat down in my chair.
‘Help means therapy,’ David quickly added. ‘Mum, you’re fixated on us, your children. It’s not normal.’
‘Jennifer and I discussed this with a family therapist, and she agrees that your behaviour shows signs of attachment.’
‘Let me guess,’ I interrupted. ‘Your therapist, who has only heard your side of the story, thinks the problem is me.’
‘She thinks you need medical support to deal with your attachment issues,’ Jennifer continued calmly. ‘We are willing to help you with that support.’ We’ve even found some excellent programmes.
‘For what?’ I asked. ‘For women who dare to expect their sons to treat them with basic respect?’
‘For women who can’t let go,’ Jennifer said sharply, her composure beginning to crack. ‘David is a grown man with his own family, and you need to accept that.’
‘I do accept that,’ I said. ‘What I don’t accept is being thrown away like trash because it’s convenient for you.’
David stepped forward.
“Mum, if you drop all legal action — absolutely all of it — we’ll agree to supervised visits. Maybe once a month, maybe you can see Emma and Jake at our house, with us nearby.
‘Supervised?’ I repeated.
“As if I’m dangerous.
‘Like establishing healthy boundaries,’ Jennifer corrected. ‘And in exchange, you’ll sign a waiver of ownership. You’ll file for visitation rights, and we’ll all move on. It’s a fair compromise.’
‘A compromise where I give up everything and you give up nothing.’
‘You get to see your grandchildren,’ David raised his voice. ‘Isn’t that what you wanted?’
‘I want what I deserve, David. Respect. Access to my grandchildren without having to get approval from gatekeepers. Recognition that I matter.’
Jennifer stood up abruptly.
‘This is pointless. I told you she wouldn’t be reasonable.’
‘She’s too confused,’ David said, warning her.
But she ignored him.
‘Can’t you turn this around? Do you think you’ll win? Do you think the judge will be on your side?’
She moved closer, and I saw genuine rage in her eyes.
‘We have money. We have lawyers. We have the perfect family story. You’re a lonely old woman with nothing but time to obsess over people who don’t want you. We’ll destroy you in court.’
‘Jennifer, stop.’
‘David, stop it,’ Jennifer repeated, showing more and more anger. ‘Stop believing what she says. She’s not being fair. She’s trying to use her grandchildren to extend her power.’
‘Can you help if we fight this? She’s basically forbidden us to live.’
‘You don’t understand,’ I whispered again. “I’m your mother.
Grandfather and grandmother, who love you, are not dangerous. No love based on structure is a disease.
If anyone is killing her, it is the one you are attached to, the one who is destroying her.
And after they left, I left them there, almost motionless, and thought about how quickly life can be destroyed and how difficult it is to rebuild it.
I learned to work on my inner strength, slowly but surely, like working with steel. I also learned from my failures, from how these programmes, their evil judgements and attempts at manipulation come from below. Now they have become cruel.
Nine months passed, and the echoes of failure remained with the goods on the market. I was close to complete collapse and was trying to stay afloat.
I called Rita and prepared for the next step.
The next time, I spent more time on the skill of being a mother than on the erased conclusions that arose in the mornings. I cast aside my insecurity, reached out to my family, and was able to stabilise everything around me.
As our relationship developed, the supportive relationship began to develop as well. I embraced the transitions as if they were a delicacy.
Juggy—the first letter, when your son is in front of you, that’s what it means. We have to create the best.
Juggy—take them with you while they set boundaries, while they are gone.
I knew I wanted to be their grandmother, and that was the only thing that would matter until it was over, as long as our chances continued to grow.
And then, hearing those words, I stood still and made decisions that shaped the world we trusted.
And it comforted me that we were now right, and my life was starting to fall into place again.
When each of them left, I felt that each of their definitions would go away in their own way.
Each of them left, stretching further with each step. I got out of bed, slowly, getting up…
I was distracted and noticed how, according to my observations, they had returned.
Just two years after their separation…
After two years of our work, I taught them how to love me, and gradually we grew closer; slowly but surely.
My child began to accept my promises, he began to come to his parents.
Every time they noticed me, when they joined, when we were together, I presented my weaknesses to him as a system to leave.
He learned to see deeper and look at the constant world.
I never gave up on my dreams…
And one day, when he opens his eyes, he will understand who they are, how important they are to him, and how to live in our weight.
Now I am most proud of myself, and my support and success continue to grow.
I also continue to release recordings attributed to the world to show that we too can be liberated.
And it’s satisfying that now I know I exist, and my life has become bright again.
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