'When my son's dad left, he used to at least send care packages with regularity. But one day, he stopped caring, and the packages stopped coming.'
I used one of those white United States Postal Service boxes, the one with the red and blue emblem — his father used to use those — as I carefully wrapped the contents inside.I love you. I am so proud of you. Love, MomIt’s been a long time since he got one of those United States Postal Service boxes in the mail. It used to be the way his dad communicated with him, his ongoing absence in his son’s life covered up by those white boxes.
Naturally, my son started to notice, “He doesn’t send me boxes anymore, is it because I am older?” he asked one day as we walked home from school in the early spring. His voice trembled as he blinked back tears. Despite all of my attempts to reassure and comfort him, I couldn’t cover up this one. I had spent years trying to minimize the damage of his father’s messes, but this one was impossible to hide. The stain was too big to scrub out.“I cannot fathom disappointing a child like this,” his stepfather commented one night as we got ready for bed. This was the man who comforted my son with me when he was sick, changed vomit-filled sheets from the stomach virus, ran to the pharmacy at 2 a.m.
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