Welcome to the Inkwell community, @gyrag. Your story reveals deep feeling. The arc is good. It begins with sorrow and ends with reconciliation. We love it when writers bring sincere sentiment to their stories--and interesting characters.
Please be sure to read our rules. These are not strict or hard to follow, but we do expect our writers to follow them.
We are a supportive community. The administrators support the writers and the writers support each other. As you become familiar with the community, we expect that you will read and comment on the stories of others.
Thank you for sharing this story with us. It seems you like to write. That is the best ingredient for good writing. We hope to read more from you.