“It was the hardest thing I ever had to do. The only reason I was able to do it at all is because I was convinced it was the right thing for her. And because I knew that Bree and Jake would take care of her like she was their own.”
“How did you explain it to Jo as she got older?”
“She’s never known anything else,” I explain. “She’s always lived with her aunt and uncle and cousins. She knows she has a mother who she can’t see all the time. It’s her version of normal. Which is not to say she has struggles with it. She went through this period of nightmares that involved me. She had anxiety attacks when she first started going to school. It hasn’t been easy, and I feel guilty every day that I’m not there for her. I also feel guilty for making it Bree’s problem.”
“I wish you had come to me
