You Drew Stars Around my Scars - Taylor Swifts Daughter

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"Kas, please let me explain myself" I say

She doesn't look back, instead she lift one of her hands up in the air and flips me off

I would've scolded her for that, but honestly, that's exactly how I feel about myself right now too

Fuck you, Taylor swift

My daughter opens the door, still not looking back and walks out, I see Samuel's car in the driveway, I open the door and see her hugging Samuel as she sobs in his arms and then she hugs Carla, who welcomes her into her arms and runs her fingers through my daughters her while kissing her head in an attempt to comfort her

I love Carla, she's always been so welcoming towards my daughter and I, she's always been so supportive, we've always gotten along great, I've never been jealous of her before when my daughter shows affection towards her but seeing that hug between them stung so bad because Carla's a better mom to Kas than I have been in the past few months

They see me standing at the door but don't acknowledge me, they just drive off

I close the door and head to my room to cry

As I get in bed, I see the gift my daughter left on my bed, i pick it up along with sticky note

"Hope you had fun celebrating Christmas with your new boyfriend :/"

Does she really think I would rather spend Christmas with Travis than her? It was an honest mistake, everyone gets their days confused at one point, mine just happened to be on one of the worst days of the year it could happen on

The tag on the gift reads

"Merry Christmas mommy! This was lost on your way at some point in your life, but is finally made its way back to you all these years later, I hope it makes you as happy now as it did back then- love Kassie"

I feel tears rolling down my cheeks, I have no clue what the box contains, but I know it's something thoughtful, my daughter doesn't gift things without meaning, she's the person that listens attentively to what you like and what you've been wanting lately, she's the person that goes in to a store, wanting nothing for herself but grabs you a bag of chips because she saw them and they reminded her of you because 8 years ago you told them those were your favorite. She pays great attention to detail.

I carefully remove the wrapping paper, revealing a teen talk Barbie in pristine condition, still in the original box and everything

In the summer, my daughter and I had obsessed over the new Barbie movie, bonding with each other as we saw it multiple times

In the movie, there's a very short scene with teen talk Barbie in the background, the first time we saw the movie, I was so excited to see her on screen, and told my daughter that I used to have one when I was younger, but on a road trip with family when I was six I had accidentally left her at a gas station, I noticed when we had already been driving for twenty minutes but I begged my parents to turn the car around so much they finally gave in, of course the Barbie wasn't there anymore, but it had been worth a shot since it was my absolute favorite doll, my parents promised me, they buy me a new but by that time it had been discontinued so I had never seen the doll again

Not until now...

I hug the box close to my chest as I cry. She remembered, I had forgotten I had told her about that

I go into my daughters room and lay in her bed, her pancakes untouched on her nightstand

Her pillow smells of her shampoo and I hold it close to my face to smell her