There were many letters from Oden, and almost all of them had the same wording: "I swear I didn’t know." While I will never know the full truth—he has passed away, and my mother refuses to share her side of the story—I believe he did know about me.
He once told me there were plans for him and my mother to divorce their spouses, move out West, and live there while he (wait for it) attended seminary school. Let’s think about this for a moment. Two people were going to divorce their spouses, leave their kids behind, and start a new life out West? I don’t think so. To me, this sounds like a dream concocted in the wake of a pregnancy. That would be where I come into the story, right? But the truth will never be fully known.
And, of course, they never moved out West. Oden never divorced his wife. My mother divorced my father when I was in kindergarten. She remarried twice more—one marriage ended in divorce, and the other left her a widow.
The Letters, in random order:
One Day, I will get better scans of these.
All of these letters (and more!) are currently in a safe deposit box where they are safe from fire and theft.
February 14, 2017 - The last time I saw Oden, in person. |
This week's music video is Chase McDaniel's, Your Daughter. The words feel so biographically real for my life. (Notes: Neither my father or my Dad drank. The sober comment in the video, I take to mean sober up in a non alcoholic way).
What letters or diaries do you have or did you inherit? Drop us a comment and share your story!
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