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

the front pew and read the letter again, more carefully this time.

“I tried to be stronger the second time, but I was not. I thought I would have had more time. I do not think I will survive losing you too, Mattie.”

I lowered the letter slowly. This was not simple worry about the future. This was a man already living as if the worst had happened.

“I cannot continue reading …