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So I tried to hurt her before she could hurt me。 I picked fights over little things and threw tantrums when I didn’t get my way。 I slammed doors。 If Mom tried to stop me; I’d hit her。 But she never lost patience。 She’d hug me and say she loved me anyway。 When I got mad; she made me jump on a trampoline3。
Because I was failing in school when I came to live with her; Mom was very strict about my homework。 One day when I was watching TV; she came in and turned it off。 “You can watch it after you finish your homework;” she said。 I blew up。 I picked up my books and threw them across the room。 “I hate you and I don’t want to live here anymore!” I screamed。
I waited for her to tell me to start packing。 When she didn’t; I asked; “Aren’t you going to send me back?”
“I don’t like the way you’re behaving; ”she said; “but I’ll never send you back。 We’re a family; and families don’t give up on each other。”
Then it hit me。 This Mom was different; she wasn’t going to get rid of me。 She really did love me。 And I realized I loved her; too。 I cried and hugged her。
In 1985; when Mom formally adopted me; our whole family celebrated at a restaurant。 It felt good belonging to someone。 But I was still scared。 Could a mom really love me forever? My tantrums4 didn’t disappear immediately; but as months passed; they happened less often。
Today I’m 16。 I have a ; a horse named Dagger’s Point; four cats; a dog; six doves and a bullfrog5 that lives
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