single parenting

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Dear Bro. Brown,

thank you so much for your encouraging words. My children are 14 and 12 now,
though I have raised them alone since they were 6 and 4. We had our hard
times, but I can also look back and say, God has blessed us tremendously. I
have already mentioned to Rachel, I have made Him the head of my household,
plus I have always prayed that he would take care of us as though my kids
were fatherless (which they are in a sense, I have never seen a single penny
of child support, and until two years ago we didn't even know where their
dad was) and I was a widow. Well, I guess He answered that prayer. My
children are very independent, but they also have developed a strong love
for God. Both of them have the Holy Ghost and are baptized in Jesus name.
God bless you. Doris

>Doris and Rachel reminded me of a recent experience I had.  My family
>and I are in the extended process of moving from a small town in
>Kentucky to the greater Chicago area.  We have an apartment up here,
>but still own a house in Kentucky.  We went back there for Christmas,
>but because of a new consulting project, I had to leave Christmas
>afternoon to come back up here to work.
>
>On top of the move, we had been battling for a court ordered
>restitution in which the intoxicated man who hit-and-run-ed my wife's
>parked car with my wife and daughter in it was able to not have a
>drunk driving charge on his record.  The car was hit on Labor day,
>1994.  The court decided in our favor in December 1994.  The car was
>taken to the body shop in February 1994.  My wife got the car back
>last week, after waiting and then getting it in unsatisfactory
>condition several times.
>
>My daughter flew up from Kentucky after New Years to return to school.
>We all thought this would be for a week or so, but on top of
>everything else, my wife got sick and ended up in the hospital in
>January.  She had family down there, and I had to work up here, and my
>daughter had to attend school, so we didn't even get to visit her in
>the hospital.
>
>One delay after another resulted in my having sole care of our
>daughter for 7 weeks.  Plus the cooking (we ate out a lot :-).  Plus
>the laundry.  My daughter turned out to be a very good housekeeper,
>and she did most of the cleaning.  I grew closer to her during this
>time, but I certainly can empathize with single parents.  
>
>My daughter is 13 years old, and friends say she is quite mature for
>her age.  How would I have handled 2 or 3 pre-schoolers?  YIKES!!!
>
>My heart goes out to single parents, as I now have a better
>understanding of what they are up against.
>
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