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Turns out, you're not my daughter

 I'm not going to change this, because this is my blog to you and to change it would make it lost some of it's meaning. But I did want to take a chance and tell you that I'm proud of you. This year you told me you're my son, and that's perfectly fine with me! As long as I get to have you as my child, it doesn't matter. 

I've been watching you embrace yourself and your identity and it's been fun to watch. To watch you heal from the past and come into yourself as an adult has been exciting. I hope you never stop sharing with me. I hope we're always this close. 

I started this blog because I was afraid I would die and you would not know who I was and what I wanted for you. Now, I've not written in it as often because you are in front of me all of the time and you know who I am and how much I love you. Maybe it's time to give this up and share it with you because I do want to share it with you, but I do love still having a private place to post little things that I want you to  never ever forget. 

Testing

Does this still work? 

Life is hard

Lately I've been feeling like I'm failing as a mother. I'm providing for you, supporting you in the best way possible, and loving you every single day. However, in the past six months we have been put through the wringer by a few people who lack any sense of integrity whatsoever.

For that, I am sorry. I am the one who brought them into your life and it is my job to protect you from people like that. I know that it is difficult learning that some people cannot be trusted at such an early age and I thank you for being merciful with me and not flipping out on me over this.

I love you.

I want you to learn from this that it is okay to draw boundaries and tell people no. I don't want you to learn that you shouldn't trust anybody. There are amazing people out there who will add to your life every single day. Don't allow the few assholes to get in the way of what is great.

Choices

I don't always make the best choices. Sometimes they downright stink. Others I look back on and think wow, what were you thinking?

Recently I made a choice. I knew better. I trusted someone I knew was lying to me. In an effort to stop her and send her to jail I made a gamble and I lost.

I'm sorry.