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Posted by cathie goins
on December 14, 2008, 12:49 am
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I am a stepmother to a wonderful 8year old girl.I don't have any children of my own, so maddie is my miracle. her mother took off five years ago, but before she left she told maddie that it was ok to lie and steal. My husband and i are having a hard time breaking her from that. I love maddie as if she was my own, but i am realizing that she dosen't feel the same way. every holiday she wants to know if her mother is going to come see her and that she wants to know why she left her. I don't know what to tell her, and it's breaking my heart. I should tell her the truth, that her mother loves her drugs more than her but, i don't want to break her heart any more than it is. She is a very smart little girl, and she makes me laugh everyday! I sometimes feel that i am not doing enough to stop all the pain she is holding inside. It seems the more i love her the more she pushes me away. what do i do?
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