Dear Javairia,

Are you really so angry with yourself?  I can’t believe that you have been through so much with your mother and not received any help.  Your siblings also seem to be suffering their own traumas which probably began for similar reasons to your own.  You have been carrying the weight of your mother’s own depression leading to at least one attempt on her own life, which you witnessed.  What harm do you think that did to a 6 year old child and who do you think got the most attention?  Your mother.

I’ll come back to you later when I stop being so angry on your behalf.

Peggy