My Ex Never Let Me See My Daughter, but I Still Sent Her Gifts Every Birthday, until Her Letter Broke Me: `Why Would You Forget Me, Mom?` — Story of the Day
She was turning thirteen, and I couldn’t be there. Again. It felt like my heart had been carved out of me, but I did what I always did — I sent a box. One more gift she might never see, one more hope wrapped in tissue paper. I kept telling myself I was doing enough, trying my best. But then, one day, a letter showed up on my porch, and inside, in shaky handwriting, were the words that shattered me: “Why did you forget me, Mom?” I sat frozen with