Credits:

Paper, flower, alpha ~ Anita Stergiou's Little Flower Shoppe
Notepaper ~ Anita Stergiou's Un Jour de Paris \
available at http://anitastergioudesigns.com/shoppe

Stiches ~ MGL Mango Tango

Journaling:

My sweet children
There is a lot I never told you
about my childhood
Even though I am sure
my parents loved me
and still do
they had their own demons
from the past to battle with
That is why I remember
moments of utmost fear
Fear of them breaking up
abandoning me
Fear of not being
good enough
Fear of the next beating]
That would always come
And what I wanted
most of all
was that you'd never ever
have to experience
that same fear
that accompanied me
day and night
And now
that I am a parent
I see how hard it is
to battle those demons
I wish I could say
I never laid a hand on you
I did.
Alas, I did.
But I stopped,
seeing what I have become
I just hope and pray
your childhood memories
will not be as tainted
as mine are
I believe I can change
Change all that
I believe.