The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss by Anderson Cooper & Gloria Vanderbilt

Author:Anderson Cooper & Gloria Vanderbilt [Cooper, Anderson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-04-05T03:00:00+00:00

Dearest Auntie Ger,

There are some things I’d like you to know even though it’s too late. I am sorry for the way I behaved at seventeen and I hope you know my actions came from bewilderment and panic. I felt alone and was unable to think clearly.

When your offer to “talk things over” finally came that summer I was staying with my mother in California, it was too late. If only we had been able to “talk things over” from the beginning, when I went to live with you in Old Westbury, my life might have taken a different turn. But that was not to be.

All this is to tell you how much I loved you and to thank you for rescuing me from the terrible fears I had concerning my mother. I wish we had come to know each other better—come closer, so to say, but this is tempered by peace in knowing we are closer in death than we ever were in life.

I’m sorry that I failed you, but I have to forgive myself because at the time I saw no other solution to resolve the confusion I was feeling. I like to believe you understand and in doing so forgive me as well, but more than anything else, I hope you know how much I love you and thank you for all you did for me—all you gave me.

Love,

Gloria

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