When I went to pick up my wife Suzie and our newborn twins from the hospital, I was devastated to learn she had left. She left only a note: “Take care of the babies and ask your mother why I left.” Callie and Jessica slept peacefully, but I was broken.
At home, I confronted my mother, who had always disapproved of Suzie. She denied involvement, but later I discovered a cruel letter from her: “You will never be good enough for my son. Leave, for the sake of the children.”
Crushed, I asked my mother to leave our home. Alone with the twins, I reached out to Suzie’s friends. Her friend Sara told me Suzie had been devastated by my mother’s judgment and believed our daughters would be “better off without her.”
Months later, I received a message with a photo of Suzie and the babies. She wrote of her guilt and hope for forgiveness. Though she never replied again, it gave me strength to keep searching.
On the twins’ first birthday, Suzie returned. Through tears, she admitted postpartum depression and my mother’s cruelty had broken her. We chose therapy, love, and parenting together to rebuild our family.
