My 19-year-old son sent me a text saying, “I’m so sorry, Mom,” before shutting off his phone — and ten minutes later, a call from an unknown number changed everything.
When my nineteen-year-old son sent me a text message that simply read, “I am so sorry, Mom,” before turning off his phone, I tried convincing myself not to panic. He was in college. He was legally an adult. He had every right to make his own choices and manage his own life. That was what…