My Daughter Stopped
One morning, Olivia’s stepdaughter, Lily, suddenly called her by her first name, acting distant and cold. Once lovingly calling her “Mom,” Lily now barely acknowledged her. Olivia, who had raised Lily since she was three after her birth mother, Jenna, left, was heartbroken. As Lily grew older, her behavior changed—she became withdrawn, sharp-tongued, and increasingly…