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It was clear early on that Laura was going to have special needs.
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I guess Mike's parents weren't up for it.
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"So, yes, Michael, I am ashamed of myself,
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"and I live with that decision every day.
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"But life with your father was always hard,
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"and keeping Laura would have been an inconvenience
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that might have destroyed everything."
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This was the last letter she wrote Mike.
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"And so now you know the worst secret of my life,
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"but I beg of you, let it remain a secret.
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"Your beautiful new family
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"is one of the only joys I have.