Date : April 6th, 1954
Dear Elizabeth,
Oh darling, I miss you so. I love you with all my heart, but the mental dent in my mind will never straighten. The crease in my slacks will never iron out. You will always be in my heart and in my mind. Ever since your father, Dwight left me, I have been ever so lonely.
His parents transferred him to the East Side. I miss him so, and I hope the same for him. I have no one, besides your great-grandparents. They're all I have.
Oh sweetheart, my Libby, do not ever forget the love your mother endures for you. My heart aches for you and I want you to know I will never forget you.
I have been ever so lonely since both of you have abandoned me. You will soon understand why I am not with you, but let us not worry about that for now. I do not 'not' love you, but it was for the better. My eyes have drained of tears for your longing, and can no longer stress the thought of you being absent in my adolescent life.
I do not mean for your sadness and despair, for it has a meaning behind it all. I may be young, and you may still be a child, but I love you, and I want your parents to understand how much I do. For I cannot be a parent no longer.
A parent is not a human who gives up on a child and their dreams, and destroys their connection. I am not a woman either, for a woman is a strong, domestic girl who is wise enough to understand her feelings for one another and sense the feeling of true love and happiness. For only a woman is a mother, and that is not I.
I love you so, my dear Libby, but you must know, I miss you.
Love, Sandra Elizabeth Oakley.
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Teen FictionA young mom, Sandra Oakley, isn't able to see her daughter. They are strangers if they saw one another in person. The only communication between Sandra and her daughter is through letters. But, many terrible things happen, but it makes them closer.
