Thank you for your reviews. Sorry HyperPiper I haven't read your attempt at this but I will do when I get the chance to.
2nd April 1973
We painted the living room today, it looks really pretty. It's like a whole view all around the room. It took us the whole day to do. We all got covered in paint, mom was really happy. I bet no one else's mom lets them paint their house however they want, sometimes it's fun having a crazy mom.
4th April 1973
Today mom started screaming and crying, now she won't come out of her room, she'd said we could paint the kitchen today but now she doesn't want to any more. Eric's upset he wants to paint, but the paint is in her room. I take him to the park instead which seems to make him happy. When we get back she's still in there. Eric's hungry so I make him a sandwich and let him watch TV while I tidy up the house. The living room looks a mess now, it doesn't look pretty anymore. I wish we had a normal mom who wouldn't let us paint the walls. There are paint drips everywhere and they won't come off.
October 1973
It's Chrissy's birthday today, she's having a party, I'm not invited, all the other girls are. She told me yesterday I couldn't come, she said her mom said my family was strange. Why am I not allowed to go? It isn't fair. I told mom when I got home from school, she told me I shouldn't care what the other people say and that I was too special to go to the party. I don't want to be too special, I want to go to the party. We camped out in the living room last night, we had proper tents and everything, mom said we could have more fun at home than at Chrissy's party. Eric was there too and we pretended that we were really camping and had marshmallows and told ghost stories and everything, it was fun.
February 1974
It's parents evening tonight, I don't want to go. Mom found the letter in my bag and insisted that she go, she's taking me and Eric with her, says she can't leave us alone, why does she care about us when I don't want her to?
It didn't go that badly, mom behaved like the other moms, although she wouldn't dress like the other moms, they were all smart, she insisted on wearing her painting overalls. None of the other kids came, well some did but most of them were being told off so they didn't notice us. All my teachers said nice things about me and mom was really pleased. She took us to MacDonalds because I'd been so good. Eric was really happy, he told me to be good more often if we got MacDonalds.
June 1974
Mom wasn't there this morning. I told Eric that everything would be all right and that mom would be back when he got home from school, he called me a liar. He's right, I lied, I didn't want him to think that mom wouldn't be there for him, but he knows, he understands what's going on now, I wish he didn't. I wish I could make him believe what I told him but he's too old he knows that mom is ill and she won't get better. If only she'd take her medicine. She did last month and things were so much better, she got a job and she bought me and Eric new clothes. Now things are back to normal, she isn't taking her medicine anymore so she isn't getting better.
2nd April 1973
We painted the living room today, it looks really pretty. It's like a whole view all around the room. It took us the whole day to do. We all got covered in paint, mom was really happy. I bet no one else's mom lets them paint their house however they want, sometimes it's fun having a crazy mom.
4th April 1973
Today mom started screaming and crying, now she won't come out of her room, she'd said we could paint the kitchen today but now she doesn't want to any more. Eric's upset he wants to paint, but the paint is in her room. I take him to the park instead which seems to make him happy. When we get back she's still in there. Eric's hungry so I make him a sandwich and let him watch TV while I tidy up the house. The living room looks a mess now, it doesn't look pretty anymore. I wish we had a normal mom who wouldn't let us paint the walls. There are paint drips everywhere and they won't come off.
October 1973
It's Chrissy's birthday today, she's having a party, I'm not invited, all the other girls are. She told me yesterday I couldn't come, she said her mom said my family was strange. Why am I not allowed to go? It isn't fair. I told mom when I got home from school, she told me I shouldn't care what the other people say and that I was too special to go to the party. I don't want to be too special, I want to go to the party. We camped out in the living room last night, we had proper tents and everything, mom said we could have more fun at home than at Chrissy's party. Eric was there too and we pretended that we were really camping and had marshmallows and told ghost stories and everything, it was fun.
February 1974
It's parents evening tonight, I don't want to go. Mom found the letter in my bag and insisted that she go, she's taking me and Eric with her, says she can't leave us alone, why does she care about us when I don't want her to?
It didn't go that badly, mom behaved like the other moms, although she wouldn't dress like the other moms, they were all smart, she insisted on wearing her painting overalls. None of the other kids came, well some did but most of them were being told off so they didn't notice us. All my teachers said nice things about me and mom was really pleased. She took us to MacDonalds because I'd been so good. Eric was really happy, he told me to be good more often if we got MacDonalds.
June 1974
Mom wasn't there this morning. I told Eric that everything would be all right and that mom would be back when he got home from school, he called me a liar. He's right, I lied, I didn't want him to think that mom wouldn't be there for him, but he knows, he understands what's going on now, I wish he didn't. I wish I could make him believe what I told him but he's too old he knows that mom is ill and she won't get better. If only she'd take her medicine. She did last month and things were so much better, she got a job and she bought me and Eric new clothes. Now things are back to normal, she isn't taking her medicine anymore so she isn't getting better.