Day 24: A letter to your parents

I'm going to write two separate letters - one for my mum and one for my father.


Dear Mum,

You are my best friend in the entire world. We have been each other's rock since I was young. Even after you got married, it was just the two of us. I can't even imagine the sacrifices you've made for me over the years, and I honestly don't think I'll ever be able to thank you enough.

Sometimes I wonder why you've made the choice you have. You don't seem happy, and you haven't for a long time. So why do you put up with it? Why not leave? You talk about it constantly, and I just wish you had the courage to do it. I don't want to see you get even more hurt.

I don't know why you lied to me for so long. You never said anything nice about him, and yet you're surprised when I don't seem too interested in finding him. I don't know why you kept him away from me when I was younger. Just because you had issues with him, doesn't mean you have the right to deny me to get to know my own father. I don't think I'll ever forgive you for that.

I love you beyond words. I hope that when I get back from my trip next year that you'll agree to move out with me.

Love Shannon

***

Dear Greg,

I don't know you. I've heard things about you, but it's all been biased so I don't know what to believe. I can understand why you might have freaked out when you heard Mum was pregnant, but I don't understand how you can just ignore your own child. Although I've recently found out you did want to see me, I wish you had fought harder.

I don't think I want to know you. But I want to know if I have any siblings out there. Or if you even know about them.

I guess I don't have anything else to say.

From Shannon.