A Message in a Bottle for Mom

Mom,

I still stand by the last message I sent you in that I truly hope you’re happy wherever you are. Whatever you find yourself doing, even if you’re still with him I love you regardless of your choices.

We have a house now and I started writing again. I’m not too bad at it as you predicted and I know you’d be proud. No kids from us yet and I think that'll be our fate without them, but the cats are still tearing shit up like they are still young.

Maybe one day the vacant seat at our dinner table will find warmth in your presence and we will laugh about how silly our disagreement once was. I hope this message floats upon a digital ocean until one day it may beach itself into your feed.

and I hope you’re still fighting against the world with the same tenacity you taught me.

With love from your son,

—Eriabis (Chris Sadhill)