Lessons learned

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Posted by: tdwhitt67
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Date: Aug 04 2013 4:28 AM

I might not have been born in the south but I always took Southern values to heart. I keep family as close as possible and do my best to keep up with my children when I can. My parents are a totally different story. They taught me that just because you are blood does not mean that you have to claim them and sometimes you feel the need to just walk away and lean on the friends that you have made over the years and other family members to fill that spot. I say this because last year I was forced to move out of a home that my son and I helped to rebuild after my parents bought some property that had several mobile homes on it. We worked hard to get it livable, but never did really have any heat other than a drafty fireplace that when the weather got cold my son and I had to sleep in shifts just to keep it warm. Both my son and I searched for work in Houston County, and Henry County and I even went to interviews as far away as Columbus, Georgia, and Panama City Beach with no luck. My son was on SSI due to being diagnosed with severe ADHD, and that is how the bills were paid and he got the things that he needed. If it were not for food stamps we probably would have starved and did so for 30 days before we were approved. I always thought that people that claim to be part of a church or better yet a pastor of a church would be the first to step up to help his family during hard times. Mine was not such a case, and I asked one day during an argument on what was I supposed to do be a hooker, he replied if it pays the rent then yes, and in the same breath say that the stupid people in his church could find jobs, and I am extremely smart so he could not understand why I could not. This coming from the mouth of a man of God it floored me. They finally gave me 30 days to move so my son and I loaded up what we could and left. Thanks to other family and friends my son and I are doing great and neither of us has looked back since. My regret is that my parents offered the same house that my son and I lived in to my youngest daughter and her husband and 2 year old son. When they found out his grandmother was dying of cancer these two young people stepped up and said they would take custody of the two girls ages 14 and 15 and take them into their home. When my parents found out they told these two young people that they had 15 days to move because they were not allowed to have any more children. My father even went as far as to blame my daughter when he fell off a lawn mower that she made him do it and break his hip. What kinds of people do this? I will tell you, Greedy people that only care what about what they are getting from others. It saddens me that I am the only child that they had left since my little brother passed away 6 years ago, and they have turned away from not only me but their grandchildren as well. They will never know the joy of having their grandchildren, great grandchildren around let alone their own daughter. I want to thank them so much for showing me what not to do in my life. And to remember that someday you will be judged for what you have done. They need to remember that what God above gives he can also take away in the bl ink of an eye.

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