The Two Babies I Found Alone on a Plane Eighteen Years Ago Came Back Into My Life With a Document That Changed Everything

My name was written across the front in his careful handwriting. Mattie.

My hands trembled as I opened it.

“This is not about something I did,” he said quietly. “It is about something that has been wrong in the way I have been loving.”

I unfolded the letter and read the first line.

“I do not know how I will survive losing you too, Mattie.”

The words did continue reading …