Sweet Shoppe Designs

Kristin Cronin-Barrow and Mehan Mullens, The Reason Why, SSD
Zoe Pearn, String Me Along Alpha, SSD
Template (turned) - Cindy Schneider, Cindy's Layered Templates: Half Pack #3, SSD (coming 10/9/10)
Font - DJB Tracy D by Darcy Baldwin at SSD

Journaling reads:
I’m scared of how your becoming a teenager will affect our relationship. It seems you have become so angry over the past couple of months with emotions flying from my sweet and helpful mommy’s girl to a screaming name-calling tearful mess. Your wild swings scare me of what is to come beyond being an 8 yr old girl. How will I manage my own feelings and mood in dealing with your teenage years and changing hormones? Your words are hurtful. Just because I’m the mom does not mean that I have a magic shield of Teflon to un-stick the venomous words you spew. I’m tired of hearing that I’m the worst mother in the world, when I’m trying my hardest to be the mother you need. When you don’t get your way, I suppose it is natural to be childish and stomp your feet, but when did it become okay to be disrespectful and comment about wishes to be given to a family that would treat you better? I know better than to try to be your best friend in lieu of being the parent you need, but the joy I see in your eyes as you test your hateful words is frustrating! You seem to really enjoy pushing my buttons. I feel like you are given more time and attention in a week than I received in a month as a child. Why don’t you feel it? Why do you feel so unloved? How can I help you feel truly cherished by us, to feel our pride in you, to respect yourself and our family? I won’t tolerate the manipulation. I will always be there for you and continue to be the parent, but I have a feeling that the next decade will be very tumultuous for you and our relationship. I hope someday you will understand and see me in a new light. I hope you eventually get it and me and know that I did my best. I guess this is God’s plan to make me get this whole mother-daughter thing, since I did not master it as the daughter. I pray I can overcome and be the mother to you that I never had. Please God, let me do right by you here.