Final Exam for My Mother

1.) True or False: The night you walked out on me and my father you hesitated before grabbing the doorknob.

2.) If a woman drives a car going seventy miles miles per hour leaving her only daughter behind, how long does it take before that daughter forgets what her mothers' hands look and feel like?

3.) When you left us, how many hearts did you break?

a. One, mine.

b. One, my father's.

c. Two, mine and my father's

d. Three, mine, my father's, and yours.

4.) Define the terms: further, farther, and gone.

5.) List five things you're truly grateful for and five things you truly regret.

6.) On the space provided, without using the words, "I'm" or "Sorry", write an apology letter to my father.

7.) On a scale of one being easiest and ten being hardest, how difficult do you think it is for a girl to grow up without a mother and a father to raise her on his own?

8.) Finish the sentence: My daughter, if I had one thing to say to you it would be...

9.) True or False: You looked in the rear view mirror as you drove away.

10.) On Mother's Day, do you remember the child you abandon?

11.) In your opinion, your daughter fails to answer your phone call because...

a. She hates you.

b. She can't bear to hear your voice.

c. She doesn't know your number.

d. She wants you to know how much pain she felt when you didn't answer her calls.

12.) True or False: Your daughter promised herself the day you showed up at her playground in the forth grade that she would never let anyone see her cry again.

13.) Have you ever went to an Ironton football game in hopes of seeing your daughter in the band?

14.) Do you even care about your daughter anymore?

15.) Would it mend or break your heart if I told you, I love you.