I can help....

I have teamed up with a local organization and will be able to provide those mothers attempting to raise their young baby on their own with most necessities. Please contact me if you are needing this help. I want to hear your story, I want to guide you in the right direction, and most of all help you up off your feet. Please contact us for help,

poppy101005@yahoo.com

Thank you and don't be shy, we are simply here to help in Greenville, South Carolina.

September 24, 2008

So as I drove home last night I received a call from a friend who informed me of her friends in Travelers Rest that just lost their 22 month year old son that morning. Everything was fine the previous day, no sickness, no health problems that they were aware of, played fine at daycare that day. They brought him home to a normal same routine night, put him to sleep and he never woke up. Twenty-two months old and he is gone, their only child. We have to think man that would be the most horrible thing to have to go through and we feel such deep pain for this couple. Their worlds have been shattered and they probably are trying to figure out how to put one foot in front of another. People like that, good people, who have both parents participating full time, and now they have nothing. BUT, they still have each other and however long he was in this world, was God's plan, and they have to be thankful for getting to be with him that long. God knows the plans of our life and knows from the moment we are here, just how long we will actually be here on earth. Sometimes when we are in the midst of why am I going through all of this by myself, you need to step back and look at your life and the gifts that God places in front of you every day. God loved you enough that he knew you would make an excellent parent, even by yourself. People take others for granted all the time, but remember you are the hero that stepped up to the plate, the dirt you leave behind as you round home plate is a mere shadow of the dust you left behind. Continue to keep your head up, and know that it does get easier, and you are the best gift you could ever give your child.

God Bless,

God is in Control

Remember ultimately GOD is in control, but you have to make your decisions. God wants you to continue your journey through life, being the best parent you can be despite the road you have been given. Remember it is NOT your fault that the significant other walked away, it is however your attitude towards life that paves the road for success for your little one. Keep your head up high, and know that God sees you and hears you, and above all else, loves you unconditionally. Forever!

Pray about your struggles, learn to give it all to GOD,

If you would like for me to add you to our prayer list, please contact me at:

poppy101005@yahoo.com

I wish you the best of faith, and take one moment at a time, life is a stressful situation day in and day out, but with Gods grace anything can be overcome. You are the hero in your little ones eyes.

Dead Beat Dads of the Carolinas

Sometimes we are in a relationship that is going good, moving along, and building trusts, others are in a relationship of abuse or neglect. Whether it be a good or a bad relationship, no determination of whether that particular "Father," will uphold to his responsibilities. No man is predestined with a sign over his head that says, "yes I will stand by you and my child," or "no, I don't care and I am walking away." I have been there, and never looked back. Three years I dedicated, and then I am hit with the all too common, "it's not mine." What a cowardly cop out. What he really should have said was, I am too immature to raise a child, I will never amount to anything and you are much better off providing on your own than to have to live with the embarrassment I am fixing to make out of my life. That would be much easier to hear than to never hear from them, never see them, never receive financial support for something you and the dead beat created together to begin with. Now, when it comes to labeling the child because he/she has a dead beat father, I am totally against that. I believe every child was brought into this world with God, and God is leading them. I believe no child is or was a mistake, and it is ultimately up to the parents how they are willing to react with this baby. I love my child regardless of the fact that the Childs father is a loser. I just believe that something should be done to "dead beat dads." I believe that after a certain amount of time they should automatically lose their rights, but should have to start paying or continue to pay for that child for the rest of their life. I believe that if they choose NOT to pay, then the government should take their tax returns for the rest of their lives, and make a point to these dead beat dads that WALKING AWAY IS NOT GOING TO SAVE YOUR BUTT! I have since healed from my mishap, but feel for my child daily, as she has to even be a part of him, but it is what makes her who she is and I would not change that for the world, HOWEVER, some way, somehow, whether it be by ME or by GOD, he will pay for what he has done, or not done and the judgment from God will be a lot more pain striking than any type of punishment he could receive on earth. How do you feel, and post your dead beat so we can all see just who deserves nothing.