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julsmol1173 Member |
posted 01-10-2006 11:59 PM
  
Here I am sitting at home wondering what tomorrow will bring. I wonder what more can I do to take care of my children. I have five beautiful babies. my oldest being 10 and my younger twins being almost 2. The other two are 8 and 6. Well, that is besides the point. I am currently attending on-line classes, but of course that is not bringing in any money home. I get very little to maintain my household and child support, well, that's a joke right now. I have been fighting that for the last two years and nothing yet. All I get is be patient. Again another story. I had two choices when it came to my job, you see I had to work two hours away and my children were being affected by it. I worked 12 hours a day five days a week. That meant a total of 72 hours a week away from my kids. I felt like all I was doing was negleting my chldren. Now I have been looking for something near by and livng in a small town, there is nothing. I stay up late looking on the internet and get up early to kiss my kids godbye for school. After that I sit here and cry wondering what else can I do. When my twin boys wake up I become mom again. I work on my classes, but that has been affected by my stress, so now I have to make sure that I maintain my GPA in order to continue my education. Maybe I am over reacting to all this, I do not know. All I know is that I feel that I have failed in my children's life. I pretend that all is fine and when no one is looking I fall apart. What do you think? |
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mommyof2 Member |
posted 04-27-2006 01:21 PM
Don’t give up. My mom raised five kids on her own while attending night school. I still remember those nights where money was tight and all we had was beans and sliced hot dogs or fried baloney. She made it though those hard times and got a god job making decent money. I can’t begin to tell you how proud I am of her, we may have not had much, but we never lacked in love. I pray that things are going much better. |
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JAYJAY Member |
posted 05-02-2006 02:37 PM
Dont give up.. Things will get better.
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lexiesmom Member |
posted 05-09-2006 12:02 PM
I know how terribly hard hard it can be. I have spent many a night yelling, at the wall, crying myself to sleep or just crying and not sleeping. I have a beautiful 13 year old daughter who is deaf on top of just being a single mom I have that, then there is school, full time 19 + units every semster for 6 semesters, and 6 during the summer. Plus they are all classses I have to show up for, add the homework time, the drive time, then work on top of it. and it is overwhelming and stressful and irritating and any other adjective you want to insert. But, I am graduating Saturday the 20th of MAy so it is also pretty exciting. I still have a few years to go for my phd, luckily with that I don't have to work they (the school) are paying for tuition plus scholarship and stipend. So there is light at the end of the tunnel. One bonus, lex seees how hard I struggle and work to get good grades and it has made her more aware of what she needs to do in school now to achieve her own goals. I know it sounds cliche but dont forget a few minutes for yourself. Not for the radio or tv, but youi, go for a quiet walk or i go to the river its behind my house and I just sit and breathe a few minutes a day. And remember the next few years are going to go by whether you ar ein school or not, and they are going to be stressful and overwhelming either way, but when school is done, you will have something to be proud of and more finical security to ease a little of the burdens later. Plus the added respect of your children, nothing is better than when Lex comes up gives me a hug and a kiss and tells me she is proud of me. |
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