Final Gift for an Adoptee
A Mysterious Package from A Man I Never Knew

Not long ago a package arrived on my doorstep. No return address, just a postmark from a town far away. Inside was a large, well-worn book — roughly the size and shape of those old family bibles that once graced the shelf under so many coffee tables back in the 1970’s. Tucked inside the front cover was a note written on plain paper.