A Stranger Sent My Son Birthday Cards for 12 Years — On His 18th Birthday, the Sender Finally Revealed His True Name

in the state of the world.” In another, he told him not to judge his mother by her worst day because she loved hard enough to shatter. In the last one, written closest to the end, his handwriting shook across the page.

“I am asking Thomas not to tell your mother.”

“Not because I want secrets between you, but because she has enough grief coming and I continue reading …