12/3/20
Dear Diary,
My house is all lit up again for Christmas! My Dads actually wanted our house to be decorated exactly like the Griswold home in National Lampoon's Christmas vacation. I've actually never seen that movie before, but my Dads said they would show me sometime this week. I'm really excited for Christmas! Only 22 days away!
Em
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12/22/20
Dear Diary,
My Dads have told me that they wanted me to sleep in the guest room from now until Christmas. This is super exciting! What are they going to be doing to my room?
Em
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12/24/20
Dear Diary,
It's Christmas Eve and everybody was over our house for dinner and dessert. My Dads always got excited every time they told me where Santa was. Evenas I'm lying in bed, writing this entry, my Dads come in and tell me where he is. I guess once I go to bed they'll leave me alone. But the last place my Dads told me Santa was at was over in Philadelphia. That was like 10 minutes ago. This is actually making me excited because Santa's in our country and it won't be long until he comes here. And I can't wait to see what Daddy M and Daddy S has done to my room.
Em
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The next day, I woke up at 8am. I smiled as I realized it was Christmas day. I slowly tiptoed and looked over at the Christmas tree, noticing all sorts of presents under the tree. I then looked at my room, the bedroom door closed. I wanted to look, but it would ruin the surprise.
I quickly but carefully walked down the stairs, where I noticed Daddy M and Daddy S watching a Christmas parade on television. As they saw me coming into the room, they smiled.
"Merry Christmas, sweetie!" Daddy M smiled as he hugged me and giving me a kiss on the cheek.
"Merry Christmas Daddy M!" I responded.
"Merry Christmas, Em!" Daddy S said giving me his big, teddy bear hugs
"Merry Christmas, Daddy S!" I responded,
Chica then approached me. She was wearing reindeer ears and a red nose. I couldn't help but smile. She looked so cute.
Next thing I knew, Daddy S and Daddy M flooded me with tons of Christmas gifts. I started off with the bigger box. It was a makeup kit. It had foundation, blush, eye liner, eye shadow, everything makeup related in one big rectangular box.
"That's awesome!" I smiled.
"Now you can give Daddy S the makeover he's always wanted." Daddy M giggled. Daddy S gave him a look.
I then opened the medium sized box. It had the entire Harry Potter Book series inside. Even though the Harry Potter series ended long ago, everybody kept bringing in the Harry Potter books because of how popular it is. I knew with how many pages each of the books were, it would take me a while to read all the books. But then again, Ava and Kelly managed to get to the fifth book in less than a week.
I then opened the smallest box that were on top of all the others. After unwrapping the box, Daddy M helped me cut the tape off of the box and as I opened it, there was another smaller box inside. As I opened that box, I pulled out a necklace that had a heart on it.
"Wow, this is a pretty necklace!" I smiled.
"It's not just any necklace." Daddy M said.
He pointed to the front of the necklace, which had the letter E on it for my name. I then noticed a tiny opening inside of the necklace. As I opened it, I noticed two pictures inside. On the left, it had a picture of me, and on the right, it had a picture of both of my Dads.
"Wow..." I smiled. "I love it."
"It's something that hopefully you will keep forever." Daddy M stated.
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PRESENT TIME
As I read this, I clutch onto my necklace, which still has the locket and the two pictures inside of it. I have never not worn it.
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BACK TO CHRISTMAS 2020
My Dads eventually brought me upstairs and stopped at the doorway to my room.
"Okay Em, you ready to see your new room?" Daddy M asked. I nodded.
Daddy S then opened the door, I gasped as I saw the room painted a light purple color, with beautiful dark purple swirls along each corner of the room. I had a large, purple bed with my name on the top blanket. I also got a newer and bigger desk to write my diary entries and do my homework on. My Dads also get rid of the unneeded space in my room and gave me a walk in closet just like theirs.
I didn't say anything, I just turned around, ran to them and gave them a big hug.
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After opening all of our gifts, we prepared ourselves to go over Uncle Matt and Uncle Ryan's house to have dinner and dessert and to open more presents. Uncle Bob, Uncle Wade, Uncle Felix, Marzia, Uncle Ken, Mary and Matthias were all there. Each of them had a small gift for me. They also did Pollyanna with one another, giving each other gag gifts. Most of the gifts I either did not understand, or want to know, and some of the gifts were from long ago. One of the gifts from Uncle Felix was of him, Daddy M, Daddy S and Uncle Ken. Uncle Felix was wearing a red bonnet and dress. He did look good in that dress though.
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After returning home from Christmas dinner, Daddy M, Daddy S and I noticed a letter peeking out of our mailbox. Daddy S got the letter out.
"It's for you Em..." Daddy S said.
"Who's it from?" Daddy M asked.
"It doesn't have an address..." Daddy S responded.
Daddy S gave it to me and I opened it. It was a simple Christmas card. But then I opened it, and a long note was written inside of it.
My Dearest Emily,
It was incredibly difficult to try and find the address to your house. I am just glad to know that you are now with a loving family and hopefully living a happy life together. I'm sorry it took so long for me to give this to you. I wanted to wait until the proper time, and I felt like this year was the right time to give it to you, since you are ten becoming eleven. I just wanted to sincerely apologize for giving you away at such a young age. Unfortunately, certain things prevented me from ever properly taking care of you. I would rather you not know and not ever know about it. I do not even want you worrying about me or trying to find me, because I do not want you to know me. I just want you to live the rest of your life happily with your new family.
Have a Merry Christmas
Warm regards,
Mother
My jaw dropped as I read the letter. I almost wanted to cry. I knew that I was adopted and everything, but I never knew I would ever get something from my real mother.
"Who was it from?" Daddy S asked.
"M-My real mom..." I choked.
Daddy M immediately took the letter from my hands and looked over the letter.
"Is that really from my real mom?" I asked.
"W-We don't know sweetie..." Daddy M responded.
"Listen Em, I know you're probably curious, worried and possibly scared now..." Daddy S explained. "But we don't want you worrying about anything. You have us, and you will always have us. We love you."
Daddy S then embraced me. I didn't say anything or cry even though I wanted to. All I could think about was that letter.
If it was really from my mom, I really wanted answers, whether she she says she doesn't want me to know or not.
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