For 25 Christmases, The Same Silent Stranger Appeared Outside Our House At Exactly The Same Time. He Never Spoke, Never Left A Note, And Every Year My Parents Called The Police In Panic. When I Turned 15, I Finally Stepped Outside And Asked, “Why Do You Keep Coming Back?” He Looked Straight At Me… And Burst Into Tears.

was denied. The system was rigged against me from the start.

So I did the only thing I could do. I watched you grow up from a distance. Every Christmas Eve, I would come to your house. I would stand across the street and look at the windows and imagine what you were doing inside. Opening presents, laughing with your family, living the life I could not continue reading …