 I told him he could write, he could draw whatever he wanted to send to her. From that moment on, he changed completely. Knowing what I know now, I would not have just let him write her. I would have found a way to engage her in his education. But the fact remains, what he truly needed was his mom. And this is a pattern I see again and again with children. In 2016, I co-founded the reunification ride with several other organizations.