We pick up with the story of Anne, a day after she told her kids that she was so unhappy, so lost that to figure things out, she had to get on a plane and put five thousand miles between herself and her life. Mother is a Question is created by Natasha Haverty and Julia Metzger-Traber. Our editor...

We open our season with a story that came to us through a listener. “Can you imagine leaving your child?” Anne asks, “No, of course not. Because none of us do. Nor did I, until four days before I did it.” Here’s Part 1 of her story. Mother is a Question is created by Natasha Haverty and Julia...