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What would you like to tell your daughter? What do you wish you could tell – or have told – your mother before it's too late? What do your friendships mean to you? Is there a particular friend who's brought you back from the brink?
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The other day my daughter and I weretalking about the 3 best presents we had ever given to each other. my daughter guessed right - a bracelet she gave me just before she went travelling, a gaelic blessing framed (it had been spoken at my father's funeral and a model aeroplane standing on a globe which she had had specially inscribed with "intrepid traveller". I gussed 2 right - a locket (inscribed with the same gaelic blessing - given just before she went travelling)and a tiffany key ring with a silver globe at one end and an aeroplane at the other. The third was a silver four leaf clover (actually "father christmas" gave her this!). What I realise now is that by far the greatest present we have given each other is love.
Posted on 15.09.09 by
yummymummy
there is nothing as intense as a mothers love
Posted on 15.09.09 by
sarah402
I love you so much.
Always have
Always will.
I still hate the fact you are so young and fending for yourself. I try not to intrude but to let you know I am here. Always.
I am so proud of you. Please believe me. Proud you do what you believe is right for you. Proud you work and step up to your responsibilities.
I miss you so much.
I love you so much.
I want you to know that.
You are a precious gift I was given from above and sometimes I dont think you do know that.
Everyone calls me by my name. Only 3 special people get to call me something different, mam.
You were the first. Remember that. You were that first special person.
I love you.
Posted on 15.09.09 by
sarah402
Then arguments rose. Attitudes rose and you pushed and pushed and you hurt everyone. And you were hurting. You left. My 16 year old baby girl left to stay at her boyfriends parents house. Can you remember-you ignored me in the street and when I spoke you shouted and I was distraught. Why did you hate me so much. I text you when your exam results came out and you were hurtful asking why I wanted to know.
Eventually we were on speaking terms-but you didnt return for a few months and it hurt so so much. You did come back and at first things were great-but within a few weeks we were back to worse than before. You found a flat and moved in with your boyfriend. I felt such a failure. You were suddenly thrust into the grown up world you craved. You got a job and stepped up to your responsibilities.
Things got better and it seemed for the best-you would come and visit and make an effort and everyone was getting on so much better.
your boyfriend messed about and you rang me from Spain hurting and crying and for the millionth time my heart broke for you. And you went back to him and I smiled and supported you.
Eventually you did realsie and left him. Quite quickly you got with somebody else. I wished you would spend time with your friends and being your age and carefree. But you seemed to do this with him and seemed happy again-at last.
You know I only realised today that we are very alike. I always wondered what I did to deserve you as I was very boring, a "good" girl who the worst I did was get wrong for staying in my room and not being social. But today I realised-I know I have always been an unsocial sort of person-you are social-I have always not felt good enough-and I realise you are like that-I realise that I have pushed my parents away and only open up to a very chosen few. All this time-you have been repeating me (only with extreme behaviour lol).
I am so sorry if you have felt I have ever let you down
Posted on 15.09.09 by
sarah402
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