I was ten when my mother remarried and had another child.
\nFrom that point on, everything changed.
\nHer new husband, new baby, and new life seemed to matter more than I did. Eventually, she sent me to live with my grandmother.
\nGrandma never made me feel unwanted.
\nShe helped with school, stayed up with me when I was sick, and reminded me constantly that love was something you showed, not something you simply claimed.
\nWhen I was eleven, Mom invited us over for dinner.
\nI had made her a card by hand.
\nShe barely looked at it before handing it to my little brother.
\nThat was the last time I tried to win her attention.
\nYears passed.<\/p>\n
Mom moved away, and Grandma became the only real parent I had.
\nShe was there for graduations, heartbreaks, birthdays, everything.
\nWhen I was 32, Grandma passed away.
\nI thought losing her would be the hardest thing I ever faced.
\nThen, four days after the funeral, someone knocked on my door.
\nIt was my mother.
\nShe looked older, nervous, and completely different from the woman I remembered.
\nShe told me her marriage had fallen apart and my brother had moved overseas.
\nThen she said, \u201cI realize now how much I lost.\u201d
\nI stared at her for a long moment.
\nThen I answered, \u201cGrandma realized my value when I was ten. You\u2019re just thirty-two years late.\u201d
\nI didn\u2019t slam the door.
\nBut I didn\u2019t pretend the past had disappeared either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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