Hide the knives

May 11, 2005 07:58

I've always hated my step mom, but now I want to kill her.

My sister Tyler has ring worm on her face. My step mom refuses to take her to the doctor and she convinced my dad that it's a curling iron burn. But it's a perfect circle, red and kinda raise. Tyler said it's itchy and the kids in her class make fun of her for it. I just want to rip my step moms head off her body. I went over there last night to do laundry I tried to do it quickly before my step mom came home, but I was unsuccesful. During dinner Tyler and Ravonna were taking a long time eating because they were chatting after my dad already told them to hush and eat, so my step mom told them to get up from table. So Tyler clears her plate and asks my dad if she can go to the doctor because the kids are making fun of her and the spot on her face hurts. So my step mom pulls her to her by her arm and says "If you say one more thing about that curling iron burn I'm going to stick my foot up your ass, now go to bed!"

I couldn't believe it. My step mom hates this child, and it makes me wonder why she and my dad even adopted her, they didnt' have to. Tyler is always the one who is sent to bed early, on punishment or getting screamed at, and yet the other kids in the house can do the same things she's in trouble for and nothing happens to them. I've never seen my step mom physically hit Tyler, but she has scars and bruises on her that she said my step scratched her or kicked her.

I went upstairs to help Tyler with her bath and do her hair. It's so heartbreaking to listen to an 8 year old ask "Why does mommy hate me" or say she wishes her mom was dead so she could get a new mom. What the fuck do you say to that?

I don't even know how to talk to my dad about it. He grew up being abused by his mom's boyfriends so he probably sees what Tyler goes through as normal. My dad still has scars from cigarettes being put out on him, being beaten with 2x4's and cut with a razor blade. My dad thinks I baby Tyler, but I'm trying to save his ass from have Child Protective Services at the house. You don't beat your kids. You don't scream at your kids and curse at them and threaten them like you would a grown man.

I just don't get it, I don't even know what to do. I haven't told anyone, not even my older sisters. I just tell Tyler that if her mom is mad to just stay away from her, and to tell dad whenever she gets hit or scratched because my step mom never does it when my dad is around. I tell her just to stay strong and don't be afraid to say "Don't hit me, moms aren't supposed to hit kids". I just want to take her out of the house so she can live with me.

I just don't get my step mom at all. She works at a nursing home taking care of sick people all day, yet she can't even keep a sane house. Hopefully during the week I'm in NYC nothing happens to my baby.
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