10/10/2023 — Dear Mom,

A series of letters to my dead mother on the first anniversary of her passing.

Two years ago today, you called me a little before 11 a.m.

“I need some help,” you said.

“Okay…is it you? Or Daddy?” I asked.

“It’s me.”

I heard it in your voice. There’s a timber change that you had when you were hurt or scared. I didn’t clock this change until after the last words you ever said to me, 1 year ago today. I never clocked it because I hardly…