A letter to: My mom (Cynthia)

Dear mom,

I am on holiday now, getting bored from staying home and can’t wait to visit you guys again!! I am writing you this letter to apologise and say thank you for taking me in when I had nowhere else to go. You took your niece in and made her your daughter. I’d like to say thank you because I now know what it is like to have siblings.

There is a lot I have to be thankful for, I do not know where to start but you raised me as your own. Thanks to you I have made it through primary school, high school and now I am 4 months away from the end of my tertiary education. All along I have tried my best to do you proud and I want to continue doing that until I’m all on my own.

I would also like to apologise for the times I may have done things to disappoint you. I do believe that I may have not done that intentionally but I would like to apologise if this may have occurred. Like with any other teenager you may have annoyed you, now that I see you almost twice a year for 4-5 days at a time I wish we could spend more time together.

Thank you for a second chance at life.

I love you,

Dhonaye