It is not an easy time to be a young mother. So many things to worry about, and if you happen to be low-income with no High School Diploma, life can be very stressful as you worry about how to go about getting your precious little girl, Milani, new clothes to fit her very rapid growth. At 4 months old, she will need new clothes every few months over the forseeable future. Formula is covered by W.I.C., but the second most expensive item is diapers and they are very expensive and you need an ever-expanding number of diapers to get a baby through the first two years.
My grown granddaughters have all opted to either have no children at all, or to only have one child. They are wiser than their grandmother who had six children while her husband was serving in the Vietnam War and was only home for 6 years out of their 17 year marriage. But my granddaughters have high dreams that they are working diligently toward fulfilling. They are going back to school to get their diplomas and then moving on to study nursing. Two of the granddaughters have the same dream of becoming nurses in a N.I.C.U. (newborn intensive care unit). And, driven by the desire to provide for their child's every need, and set aside money for college for them, they have become wonderful mothers and providers.
I remember the stress I was under while trying to care for my five surviving children. I had no higher education and no job skills; I was that anomaly, a stay-at-home mother, dependent upon my husband's E-5 paycheck. I had no knowledge of a welfare system and did not know that I could have received benefits, or, at least, food stamps for my children. Fortunately, the Navy covered my children's health benefits or I would not have been able to stand the stress of having my children's needs unmet.
I just realized that I am still driven by a desire to provide for my children's and grandchildren's lives and that it is this burning desire that compelled me to write THE GOD GAMES and market the book so that in the future my children and grandchildren will have their needs provided for. I guess my entire life I have been struggling with this issue of survival and reproduction. Does it ever get any easier? My belief is that we can better our futures if we continue to work hard and never give in to the fears of failing our children, but plug along and trust in the providence of Heaven to bless us with our required needs and maybe a few of the wants along the way.
I cling to the Shepherd's Psalm, the 23rd Psalm, that says, "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want..." If I did not totally believe this statement I would not have had the strength to continue to seek education and better job prospects in my own life. I guess the true statement of my life is that without the Lord's guidance and strengthening presence I could not have survived my life, or brought my children to adulthood with strong minds of their own. "Trust in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." (Proverbs 3:5)
Have a wonderful day and may all of your needs, and choice wants, come into your life this very day.
My grown granddaughters have all opted to either have no children at all, or to only have one child. They are wiser than their grandmother who had six children while her husband was serving in the Vietnam War and was only home for 6 years out of their 17 year marriage. But my granddaughters have high dreams that they are working diligently toward fulfilling. They are going back to school to get their diplomas and then moving on to study nursing. Two of the granddaughters have the same dream of becoming nurses in a N.I.C.U. (newborn intensive care unit). And, driven by the desire to provide for their child's every need, and set aside money for college for them, they have become wonderful mothers and providers.
I remember the stress I was under while trying to care for my five surviving children. I had no higher education and no job skills; I was that anomaly, a stay-at-home mother, dependent upon my husband's E-5 paycheck. I had no knowledge of a welfare system and did not know that I could have received benefits, or, at least, food stamps for my children. Fortunately, the Navy covered my children's health benefits or I would not have been able to stand the stress of having my children's needs unmet.
I just realized that I am still driven by a desire to provide for my children's and grandchildren's lives and that it is this burning desire that compelled me to write THE GOD GAMES and market the book so that in the future my children and grandchildren will have their needs provided for. I guess my entire life I have been struggling with this issue of survival and reproduction. Does it ever get any easier? My belief is that we can better our futures if we continue to work hard and never give in to the fears of failing our children, but plug along and trust in the providence of Heaven to bless us with our required needs and maybe a few of the wants along the way.
I cling to the Shepherd's Psalm, the 23rd Psalm, that says, "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want..." If I did not totally believe this statement I would not have had the strength to continue to seek education and better job prospects in my own life. I guess the true statement of my life is that without the Lord's guidance and strengthening presence I could not have survived my life, or brought my children to adulthood with strong minds of their own. "Trust in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." (Proverbs 3:5)
Have a wonderful day and may all of your needs, and choice wants, come into your life this very day.
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