Love
I was so lonely and missed my mom. Grammy and Grandad were heartbroken about losing their daughter without having the chance to reconcile with her. The house was almost always quiet and tense. Once in a while the mood would lighten and I caught a glimpse of how happy we could all be together, but it would disappear just as fast as it appeared.
Grammy and Grandad made sure I went to school and had everything I needed but I didn’ t feel like they loved me. I thought they only took me in because they had to. Sometimes I would see Grammy crying when she didn’ t know I was looking. When I got a bad grade or did something wrong I could tell Grandad was unhappy. He would just shake
After riding two hours on the hot, sweaty bus, Mr. and Mrs. Newman picked me up from the bus station … his head and heave a sigh. In my young heart, I thought I was a disappointment to them. I thought I could never live up to how they wanted me to be. I couldn’ t understand why they never spoke to me about my mom or the reason I had never met them.
The summer I turned eleven everything unraveled. I was constantly fighting with my grandparents, didn’ t have many friends and was just plain miserable. I asked Grandad if I could stay with the Newman’ s for the summer. In my mind I thought we would all be better off
12 pieforseven. com | April 2013