Friday, December 6, 2013

Conflict with Family

It was last year during Valentine Days. I was getting off the bus after school when my mom came to pick me up. Usually it is just my mom who comes to pick me up, but this time my sisters where with her. I get in the car and I notice that they have gifts. They were Valentine gifts. All my sisters had Valentine presents from my parents. Cards that said how proud my parents were to have them as their kids, balloons that read "I love you", and candy shaped as hearts. I asked her if I had one and she replied "No. You don't need one". I felt so hurt. What made it worse was my older sister has a friend with the same name as me and she got a Valentine present. I asked my mom why I did not get a present. She told me I did not need one because I do not need to be told that I am loved because I should already know that. What she said really hurt. I started crying because I felt my mom loved my sisters more than me. My mom got angry at me and said to grow up. I thought about why I did not get one and then I realized that I get a lot of stuff from my parents and my sisters do not. All the things I get from my mom and dad is out of love. I apologized to my mom and she forgave, but she was still mad at me. After that, she went to the store and bought me a Valentine gift and wrote a hand made note that read "I love you very much". That made me very happy.