Grandmother Takes Her Asthmatic Grandson’s Inhaler at Christmas—Then a Hidden Custody Record Claims She Controls His Medical Care
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Chapter 23 - THE FIRST LETTERLinda wrote Evan a letter ten months after Christmas.
His therapist read it first.
Then I did.
It began:
Evan, I took your inhaler when you were having trouble breathing. I told myself I could tell the difference between asthma and anxiety better than you could. That was wrong.
Good.
Then:
I slapped you because I was angry that you did not obey me. There is no medical explanation for that.
Better.
Then:
When your mother was hurt years ago, a judge temporarily trusted me to make decisions for you. I became too attached to that authority. The court gave it back to your mother, but I continued behaving as if I had a right to supervise both of you. I did not.
I cried.
May you like
Not because the letter repaired anything.
Because she had finally named the thing.
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Chapter 24 - EVAN’S QUESTIONEvan read the letter.
Chapter 25 - THE BLUE INHALER BECOMES BORINGTwo years after Christmas, Evan was twelve.
Chapter 26 - THE FIRST CHRISTMAS CARDTwo years and nine months after the original Christmas, Evan agreed to exchange cards directly with Linda.
Chapter 27 - The EndThree years after the Christmas tree, the blue inhaler, the slap, and the hidden guardianship page, Evan was thirteen.
