When I was younger, my mom used to beat me for everything. If the teacher said I talked too much, if I got an answer wrong on homework, if I couldn’t spell words, or a certain number of tries. I remember her barging into my room when I was younger because she punched the door. I looked to see how bad it was, and she saw me look. She pulled my hair against the wood or my bed; I couldn’t breathe. I remember being 6 and thinking this is how it ends. She pulled away just before I could pass out, and I told my brother what she did. She heard and did it again. There are many more things she did, but now years later she doesn’t do it anymore. She supports us, and I’m upset because I don’t know if I should just forget when she stopped doing it to me when I was a teen. Am I being dramatic? Should I forgive and forget?
