Dear Diary

This story is told in a series of diary entries by a twelve year old girl named Ariana, her diary will take you through the struggles, the ups and downs the secrets, the lies, the pain and heartache of a girl growing up in the projects. And you will see the good the bad and the ugly.

Dear diary,
Papa hit mama yesterday day, they were yelling at each other as always about bills and papa not contributing enough, when papa just backhanded mama, I was sitting on the stairs when it happened so they didn't see me but once a grasp left my lips papa's head snapped in my direction and he started walk towards the stairs and all I could do was sit there shaking pray that he didn't leave any bruises.