Dear Mama,

I know that you love these two girls. I know that you want to be a good mom. But I also know that you don't know how to be a mother. You were never taught and when DSS stepped in and tried to help you refused their help. You can't be a good mother to these girls. Love isn't enough.

It's difficult for me not to hate you sometimes. You gave birth to these amazing little girls that I love. But you also caused the issues that I get punished for daily. Our girl struggles with everything she's been through in her four short years of life - and you are to blame. I wish I could explain the impact it would have on her if she ever had to leave our home... her home. You would turn her world upside down. It would truly destroy her. And Baby Girl doesn't know you. I AM HER MOTHER - you are a stranger to her.

If you really loved these girls you would allow them to have permanency... something you and I both know you can't give them. I don't know how to make you understand that the state is going forward with TPR. I know you say you've changed and all of that awesome stuff that you think we all want to hear, but honestly, everyone in jail "changes". We both know that these girls will not be a priority the second you get out. You still have a while to spend in "time-out" (as you put it)... do you think I'm just a baby sitter for you? I'm confident that we will be a forever family for these girls one day, but I just wish you could see that it truly is best for the girls and for once in your life stop being selfish and make a decision in their best interest.