Dott had a project due in one of her classes. She was to write an essay on good and bad parents. Part of that project was to interview me.Her last question really floored me. “If you could do anything different, what would it be?”. I thought long and hard about that answer. I knew the second she asked me what the answer was, but I debated a bit if I should bring it up. I finally decided I should.
“The thing I regret most is leaving you kids behind for two months when I had to move away from your dad.”
She looked up at me and I could see in her broken eyes the pain still there, and I knew we were both re-living that moment.
That was last night, while we were celebrating my son’s birthday. An hour ago, I realized with a start that it happened exactly nine years ago, today. At almost exactly that moment nine years ago I made a choice that would change the course of our lives forever..
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