Tomorrow is my birthday. Have been NC for two years. Nmom just left a voicemail wishing me a happy birthday tomorrow and crying, saying she wished that I would come back into the family so we can be a happy family again. I really don't want to talk to her at this point. My wife is pregnant, and the last thing I want to do is stress her out too.

But this is the first time my mom has actually made an effort to contact me since I went NC two years ago.

And it's actually the first time she's called to wish me happy birthday in about 15 years.