Author: berrynooboosfour

Camellia: I’m not your princess, I’m not your little girl either! I don’t want to be anyone’s girl!

Wisteria: I… how long have you felt like this?

Camellia: For a while… even before school started. I didn’t understand at first, I… I felt like a freak, and no one here would understand it, I hid it, but I can’t anymore. I’m too uncomfortable with everything to hold it in anymore!

Wisteria: Cam…

Camellia: Don’t bother, I know you and papa wouldn’t understand… Just don’t call me Princess anymore okay?

It came as a shock to me. My little girl… she didn’t want to be my little girl anymore. It took a few moments for it to sink in, I know I wasn’t handle it how she…. how he wanted me to handle it. He hadn’t given me enough time to let things settle, but I suppose I understood. Cam had been holding it in for so long, he just wanted things to change to the way he wanted things to be so he could go back to being comfortable. I was just at a loss for words at this moment. I wish I had figured it out sooner so I could help him with this. I suppose having four kids before him didn’t make the whole parenting thing any easier…

Camellia: It just made everything worse daddy! I couldn’t take it anymore, it had to go!

Wisteria: Made what worse Princess? I don’t understand…

Camellia: Ug, don’t call me that anymore! I don’t want to be a princess.

Wisteria: Cam sweetie… tell me what’s going on, you always loved me calling you princess…

Camellia: No I didn’t, I just pretended to like it cus you and papa liked it… but I don’t.

Camellia: Everything is fine… this is okay right? This is who you are… sigh who am I kidding…

Everything wasn’t fine. I couldn’t tell it then, but after a week of Cam being at school her mood just dropped. The longer it went on, the lower it became. I couldn’t understand what was going on, none of the kids seemed to be having the kind of problem she was having. It wasn’t until this moment that I really knew something was wrong.

Foxglove: What’s wrong Cam? You’ve been quiet and you’re never quiet.

Camellia: It’s… nothing, just don’t worry about it okay?

Foxglove: Of course I’m going to worry about it silly, you’re my little sister!

Camellia: Right… I guess I am… sigh I just don’t like school, that’s all.

Foxglove: That’s all? I mean Folly doesn’t like it either, but she lets everyone know that she doesn’t.

I thought parenting would get easier once Camellia had her birthday and all the kids could practically care for themselves. But things didn’t exactly turn out that way… Cam’s childhood actually made things a lot more difficult. But… it was definitely a learning experience for us.

Wisteria: Now Princess, are you going to tell daddy why you decided to tear off your clothes and run around in your diaper?

Camellia: Clothes stupid! 

Wisteria: I know they can be annoying sometimes honey, but you have to wear them it’s inappropriate not to.

Camellia: What ina… inapopeat