Dad I will never forget the bond we had when I was little. I would dress up as Pocahontas and run around the house at Easter Avenue. I remember that book called Hide and Seek. You would read it to me every weekend, my favourite book. I was devastated when I lost it at school. We'd do so much on the weekends, fun-packed and your home-cooked meals. If we were with you on a school night, I'd look forward to my packed lunch the next day –mum's didn't compare. Dad, you are my hero, I looked up to you for as long as I can remember. But when I turned 15, I started to rebel and I pushed you out. I got jealous of Danielle having the father/daughter relationship we once had, but I know it all changed because of me. I got into drugs, boys, drinking, and wanted to be independent, but I now regret everything from the age of 15 to 25 years old. I've wasted 10 years of a relationship with you. You have still stuck by me no matter what, but it's not been the same. You got me clean, you helped me through a violent relationship, you set me up in a new country to get me a fresh start. You tried to save me again and again. You are now even raising my son. You are my hero and I want my dad back. I will make you proud and I will be the daughter you deserve, the daughter you raised. I love you dad. Thank you for loving me and being here for me. ##poetsin #letter #dad #daughterslove #appreciation #love

My Job at Storybooks I was lucky to get a job within just a week of being here. I got a job at Storybook Mums, editing the recordings done by mums here in prison. It's a beautiful job to have, as I get to hear so many mums reading a story to their kids. Then I get to turn them into edited versions with sound effects and backing music. It's lovely to see the emotions from the mums as they read to their kids, even cry. It's beautiful that the prison has this and gives mums the opportunity to send a storybook reading home. It is hard for kids to be out there without their mums, so I think it's great the prison acknowledges that the kids are in a sentence too when we are. They are doing time too, time without their mum. I love my job at Storybooks. It uplifts me every day. I am so grateful to Chris and Rob for getting me this job. I love seeing the smiles on the mum's faces after hearing back the completed versions. ##poetsin #prose #Storybooks #mums #kids #joy