Every year on Audrey’s birthday, one candle looked different from all the others.
While the rest of the cake was covered with bright pink, purple, or colorful candles, a single plain white candle was always placed slightly apart.
It was never meant for Audrey.
For 15 years, that candle represented the mother she never had the chance to know.
But on Audrey’s 15th birthday, the white candle remained unlit.
Beside it sat an old cardboard box that had been hidden away for years.
Inside was a letter written before Audrey was born — a letter that would completely change the way her family remembered the woman they had lost.
A Birthday Tradition Created From Heartbreak
Audrey had been raised by her grandmother, Giselle, almost from the moment she entered the world.
Fifteen years earlier, Giselle had driven her 24-year-old daughter, Hannah, to the hospital to give birth.
During most of the trip, Hannah tried to keep things light.
She joked about every bump in the road and complained that the city seemed determined to make the drive as uncomfortable as possible for a woman in labor.
Then, only a few minutes from the hospital, her mood changed.
Hannah became quiet.
She turned to her mother and
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