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Originally Posted by Jade^
Raising a child now and days, is not easy. I'm a single parent of two, Dont get any child support for my lil girl and at the same time, Helping my oldest daughter with college. However for some apparent reason, when place with a huge responsibility in our hands. We take charge, We learned to do with out certain things. Put our need to the side, Just so that we can supply food on the table, clothing on their back and a roof over their head. You be surprise what a parent would do...just to make sure, that their kids don't suffer. It's hard, yet, it's a blessing to enriched our heart's and life with tiny footsteps, they are our blueprints to our acheivement in life.  |
Okay that's what I'm talking about! I cannot believe the stories I hear from people who have kids and have to struggle to make ends meet. There are days when they don't have squat and somehow, someway by sheer luck or generosity or something they make it. There's gotta be some scientific explanation for this. I could not imagine the exhaustion of worry a parent must go through.
Single moms scare me. How in the world can they deal with it. Single dads too. Dads sometimes can be far worse worry worts than moms. I know I would be. I would go psychotic if someone hit my kids.
About 10 years ago an old pal showed up in town with his son this is a tearjerker so don't read if you can't take it.
I hadn't seen this friend in over 15 years. I'm godfather to his first boy but didn't know he had gone on and gotten remarried and had two more kids. His new son was his spitting image. Just like slapping an apple off a tree. Glad I took video then. I was so happy for him. Then about 5 years ago my godson told me the same boy had been killed by a hit and run driver. I was devestated. I had looked forward to him growing up and hanging out with us like old times. I was totally distraught. When I called my pal however he kept a stiff upper lip, told me he took care of things and was moving on with his life and his band. Then when the big hurricanes hit Florida the past several years he didn't budge. He stuck em' out. I couldn't believe his resolve and tenacity. I would have been a total fucking nutcase. They would have had to lock me up UNDER the jail. I helped raise 8 kids, siblings and cousins. From diapers to grade school before I was 18. I was ready for handling kids but the responsibility and mental power and downright resolve I couldn't imagine.
If you've raised a kid to adulthood, my hat's off to you!