I Became “Mom” to My Grandchildren When Their Mother Walked Away — Sixteen Years Later, She Returned

yanked them out of the dark, when they forgot to guard their words—they started calling me Mom.

I corrected it the first time. “I’m Grandma, honey. Your mom is Laura.”

I corrected it the second time, though my voice was gentler. “Grandma, remember?”

And then one night, Marcus woke up crying from a bad dream about being lost in a store. I went to his room continue reading …