My Angel

by Sophie
(UK)

My daughter was an absolute tear-away. Coming home drunk, not coming home at all, in trouble with the law, truanting, shouting and swearing as me. No-one EVER told me teenagerhood would be this hard!

It nearly broke me, but I got through it. I clung on to the fact that it would pass, I would always be a constant in her life, and if there was no-one else there for her, she could always turn to her Mum.

Eventually things turned a corner, (it turned out she was being bullied at school but couldn't tell any-one), life got easier and our relationship started to heal. I'm so glad I stood by her, despite 'comments and opinions' from others.

Here's us having just finished a 5K for charity, and a more recent one at a night out.

These pictures make me so happy after every thing we've been through, I'm so proud of her!