A letter to … My adoptive mother, to apologise

The letter you always wanted to writeI never once told you I loved you. And now it’s too late. You took me home when I was six weeks old and loved me unconditionally. You said I had not grown under your heart, but right inside it. Yet, from the moment you told me you were not my real mother, I was too scared to accept your love. I felt so little and alone in the world. So afraid you would abandon me too.I lived in fear of exposure. You had red hair and mine was dark brown. Your skin was fr