Need I remind you that you were also absent from my life for a great deal of time? You would be wise to refrain from your judgment.

[ you were not there. no one was. he had to do what he thought best for all parties involved. ]

I do not intend to share what transpired in those years, but it is in the past. The boy was raised by other hands. It is not shirking responsibility as I have no claim whatsoever.