[ WP ] Within a year of birth every parent receives a small gift or note from their 18yo child via time travel . You do n't .

As Alice lay in bed after the first birthday party of her son, cake and juice glasses still on the kitchen counter, a tear rolled slowly down her unblinking eye. She had held out hope until the midnight hour, her heart beating furiously as she stared at the clock. Her son was not going to make it to his 18th birthday. 
 
 She closed her eyes, squeezing the tears onto the pillow. Visions of the happy face of her son wiping white icing from his mouth onto his little clenched fist greeted her in that moment. She began to weep in despair, feeling sorry for herself. 
 
 Collecting herself after swirling the thoughts around, she had a profound epiphany. By not receiving anything from her son from the future, he had given her the gift of the present. She vowed to spare no effort making every moment together meaningful. She flipped her pillow over, took a deep breathe and drifted off into a warm, comfortable sleep on the notes of the crickets outside.
