Sometimes, they do stupid stuff to the people that they love the most. The Wrench calls it “two minutes of madness” – that state in which you are so pissed off, or so upset, or so grief-stricken that you literally lose control for just a few seconds, or a few minutes, and *that’s* when and how people come to do some really hideous, stupid, hateful, hurtful things.

I don’t know everything that happened to cause her to slap you; I know that sometimes people literally do hurt the ones who they love the most because they know that those people won’t/can’t leave them. I’ll bet that she doesn’t go around slapping the clerk at the grocery, or the waitress at the cafe’. And she probably holds her tounge when talking to the people she meets in the community, right?

But you – you she hits & screams at.

And it hurts. In ways that mere words, written in pixels, and floating through the ether can never really convey.

I am *so* sorry, sweetie. You are a brave, smart, incredible person, and I wish with all my heart that she could somehow find another way to vent her anger.

I wish that I could be there to give you a big ol’ hug, and tell you what a great kid I think you are.

I wish that I could change things for you.

Know that you are NOT alone in the world – that there are people who love you, and care about you, and who believe in you.

(((hugs)))

Thim :)