A Stranger Sent My Son Birthday Cards for 12 Years – On His 18th Birthday, the Sender Finally Signed His Real Name

any of the parenting.

Something bitter rose in me.

“He’s got a lot of nerve,” I said.Adrian’s eyes lifted. “So you think it is him?”
“No,” I answered too quickly.

Then added, “I don’t know.”

He dropped heavily into a kitchen chair.

“What if it is?”

I looked at my son, legally an adult for only a few hours and suddenly looking twelve again.

I knew I had two choices.

I could dismiss it and tell him to forget the whole thing.

Or I could face it with him.