My happy place

"My mommy works really hard for me. She says it's so I can have nice things. She gets me toys sometimes and even takes me places. One time, we went to this fancy place with a big yellow M, and I got to eat this cold sweet stuff that made my tongue feel happy. I asked if I could have it again, but she said only on my birthday... and my birthday already happened, so now I gotta wait a long time.

Sometimes, though, mommy smells funny and gets really quiet or really loud. She acts like a different person, and sometimes she hits me. It hurts, but in the morning she's always sorry. She says sorry a lot. I always forgive her, like she told me to, because she says some people don't know they're doing bad things. I think maybe she doesn't know either."