Dear Diary,
Today has been a good day. I talked with [unreadable] and [unreadable] about my Dad doing a weird thing to Mom. She tells me it is normal for him to do that, but I feel the fear. One teacher told me to tell the police, but I didn't know how so I haven't yet. [unreadable] and [unreadable] said that Dad isn't supposed to hit Mom either, but I see him hit her everyday he comes home from "the place", which he calls paradise. Someday, I want to go to paradise and be with Dad. He tells me I have to be older to be with him at "the place".
I asked my teacher what "son of a bitch" meant. Many teacher before her, in Elementary school, gave me strange looks. This teacher though, who knew my Dad because I trusted her, told me it was a bad word, and an insult to my mom and her mom. She said "bitch" meant female dog, and calling a person that was bad. I'm not yet sure I understand why yet.
Oh, Dad's calling me down for dinner. He makes the best soup in the world, and I think we are having it because mom did "the bad thing" today and she hates his soup. Gotta go!
Jimmy McCracken