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Mother of the Year

- Madeline O'Neill

By Madeline O'NeillPublished 6 years ago 4 min read
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Have you ever met that one person that you absolutely cringe at the sound of their name..? Well to me that person is my mother.

There wasn't a certain time it began, I just remember always feeling like she hated me and everything I did. It didn't matter if I got good grades or cleaned the whole house she always had something to say to make me feel awful.

I am the oldest of four children and I pretty much raised my younger siblings for as long as I can remember. I remember always taking care of my baby brother from making sure he was safe to making sure he was fed and bathed. We were attached at the hip for most of our childhood. I would go to my real dad's house and they would have to make me stop being a parent and tell me to go have fun.

As I got older I babysat them every day. While my parents worked I made sure they had lunch and supper, did their homework and chores. We never had much in the house for food but I always found some way to make meals; like hot dogs, corn, and chips. I spent my summers keeping them going, I took them to the park and for picnics and bike rides. I did my best to keep them entertained throughout the summer. In the winter on weekends I made sure they went to bed and did homework and had snacks and showers before bed while my mother went to bars. I would stay up all night because if I went to bed my mother would come into my room drunk and wake me up to fight. During winter breaks I made sure we went skating every day.

I spent my whole childhood making sure those three children had everything they needed.

When I got older and got a job I would go to Frenchies and get them "new" clothes because they only had 3 different outfits. I would buy food so I could make supper so they had full bellies. During holidays I would make them little gifts so they didn't go without and feel sad at school because their friends got new cool things. Those three kids came before every and anything for me.

Recently, my stepdad had two heart attacks and almost died. While he was almost dying she was screwing a guy and told pretty much everyone while she was drunk in the hospital waiting to see if he died or not. She told him she wished he died.

She came home with us and all it was was fighting 24/7 all day all night between me her and my stepdad. I barely went to school. My senior year and I almost didn't graduate!

One day her and my stepdad were fighting and my little sister and I were home because we were up all night to her yelling. She told him she was going to take a bunch of pills and kill herself. She left in the only car we had with a bunch of meds. Since she took my dad's phone and he was running after her. He got me to call the police to tell them what was happening till my dad came back and talked to them. My little sister was losing it she was so upset. The poor 12-year-old girl had to hear that and deal with that.

After that day I moved into my now fiances house so I could get through school and save myself. I still went over at least 3 times a week to make sure the kids were ok.

Finally she moved out! The bad thing she took the kids with her. Me and her are not on speaking terms so I tried to keep in contact with the little ones as best as I can.

They are mad at me for leaving them with her but I can't do anything to help if they don't want me to help. I try to this day to be here for them but they won't even talk to me. My fiancé had to tell them to say happy birthday to me because they forgot and I was upset about it.

I will always be there for my siblings but I'm done fighting a war I can't win. Especially if it makes me so miserable. I need to start enjoying my life.

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