It is said that the cycle of abuse is one that can be broken if the abused realizes their power and doesn’t allow it to continue. This is the story of a woman in her late teens celebrating her daughter Joy’s birthday with a cake, candles and of course a song. But unlike most children’s parties this one isn’t attended by anyone but Jasmine because on this day every year she closes her eyes and makes the same wish of forgiveness. Having grown up in a horrific home with an abusive father who targeted her mother until she was old enough to play the role that her mother would have played. The beatings, the secrets and the wishes that never came true. But when she finds out she is pregnant she must now make decisions for her unborn child to end this cycle of abuse. With the little bit of power she has left she makes the ultimate decision for any mother in order to save her daughter from the life that she has already lived. So, on what would have been Joy’s birthday she celebrates her memory and wishes that one day she could feel like she has been forgiven for the decision that she made.