Message to my daughter

Well here we are on the very last day of 2007, and what a year it's been, this time last year you were here at home with us. Do you remember preparing for the New Years Eve party, all the usual friends coming round, you sent a message to a friend saying that I was being all maternal wanting you to tidy your room. I kept a hard copy of that message, in fact you would be amazed of what I've kept, daft things to remind me of what a kind, loving and caring girl you were.

So much has changed this year, you always used to say we were a boring family, that's hardly true now. Perhaps one day you will get to read the diary we have kept, along with this blog it will be an indepth insight into what has happened to the three of us while you've been gone.

Of course we may never know what happened to you, at least we know now that you are alive, six months of not knowing was unbearable. We have been told that the "boyfriend" introduced you to drugs back in February, and that is how he controlled you, of course we are not the ones close enough to see the truth, but it would explain a lot.

For the three of us 2008 brings us a fresh start and with it hope that we can be left to live our lives in peace, without the false accusations that have marred this year. I often wonder just how much you know about what HE has done, can you really be standing by him while he puts us through so much. The girl that we all know and love would never get involved in any of that, but then that you aren't that person anymore are you.

The daughter that I know and love was stolen from us, the independant teenager doing so well at a very good school, with a close group of friends. The girl whose friends stood by her while the "boyfriend" was threatening them in the worst possible way.

Your brother has changed so much, gone is the develish cute kid you remember,now he is mature beyond his years, he has had to grow up so fast.Like Dad and I he has learned to cope with the press, even appearing on live Tv appeals, did you see any of them? Were you affected by them at all?

Of course your schoolfriends have now sat their mock GCSE's, such a shame you will miss out on the opportunity to have any qualifications. You were doing so well at school, why if the "boyfriend" loved you so much did he take you away from that?

Despite what has happened this year we will always love you,that love can't be broken, in fact the more the "boyfriend" causes trouble the more people realise the truth.
He has tied himself up in knots with the constant lies, forgotten what he has said and contradicted himself so many times it would be funny if it wasn't so serious.

Well babes, hope you have a happy and safe 2008, please remember we are always here for you,
Mum x x x