The words “My Parents Are Alive” that he spoke for the first time a year after we adopted him broke our hearts.
We adopted Bobby, a mute five-year-old kid, hoping time and love would heal him. He broke our lives with five words on his sixth birthday: “My parents are alive.” Next, we learned unexpected truths. I always imagined motherhood would be easy. Life has other ideas. Bobby said more than his first sentence. It started a…