Adoptive mom to three blessings (also I’m an adult adoptee). I educated them at home for a handful of years (the others years were at a private Christian school and a hybrid private Christian school). Those years were spent living in a 725 sq ft 2 BR/1 bath home with my mom who had advancing Alzheimers, my husband, two young children, a toddler and a senior cat and dog. Some days were rough but I wouldn’t trade those years now as it has made us very close as a family. Thank you for the article; it reminds me that while we didn’t do it flawlessly, we did do the right thing!
Thank you. I didn’t really do anything too special. I wasn’t very organized with home-schooling. I do think that the one message our kids got is that being their mom was my most-treasured role.
I hear you. My wife stopped her career when we had our first (of three), never went back to any, and we all treasure the experience that sacrifice gave us. Life on earth is relatively short and is unfortunate when not realized as being precious. God bless you and your family, Ellen.
Ps our 3 all went to Catholic school K-12. Great investment!
Excellent plea. I just finished Everything Sad is Untrue and is 100% echos these sentiments. He opens the curtain on real and raw longings of a boy who was abandoned by his father, the emotions of guilt and inadequacy it forged, the longing for a father to “show him the way”, the promises he made himself (“if I ever have a child…”). You just want to make it all untrue for him—this side of heaven. Sadly, we can’t. But we can join the movement. And we can make it never true for our own kids.
LBJ and Democrats specifically pushed welfare food stamp laws to eliminate black men from the home in order to make the poor dependent on government and thus vote Dem. Has crushed several generations of black families now via absentee fathers, fatherless children, welfare moms and cradle to grave government dependents. Rivals Hitler’s atrocities in scale and scope.
Adoptive mom to three blessings (also I’m an adult adoptee). I educated them at home for a handful of years (the others years were at a private Christian school and a hybrid private Christian school). Those years were spent living in a 725 sq ft 2 BR/1 bath home with my mom who had advancing Alzheimers, my husband, two young children, a toddler and a senior cat and dog. Some days were rough but I wouldn’t trade those years now as it has made us very close as a family. Thank you for the article; it reminds me that while we didn’t do it flawlessly, we did do the right thing!
Well done, Ellen.
Thank you. I didn’t really do anything too special. I wasn’t very organized with home-schooling. I do think that the one message our kids got is that being their mom was my most-treasured role.
I hear you. My wife stopped her career when we had our first (of three), never went back to any, and we all treasure the experience that sacrifice gave us. Life on earth is relatively short and is unfortunate when not realized as being precious. God bless you and your family, Ellen.
Ps our 3 all went to Catholic school K-12. Great investment!
Thank you. You are most kind. All the best to your wonderful family as well.
Excellent plea. I just finished Everything Sad is Untrue and is 100% echos these sentiments. He opens the curtain on real and raw longings of a boy who was abandoned by his father, the emotions of guilt and inadequacy it forged, the longing for a father to “show him the way”, the promises he made himself (“if I ever have a child…”). You just want to make it all untrue for him—this side of heaven. Sadly, we can’t. But we can join the movement. And we can make it never true for our own kids.
Thanks for writing!
Thank you for this – every word needs to be shouted form the rooftops.
LBJ and Democrats specifically pushed welfare food stamp laws to eliminate black men from the home in order to make the poor dependent on government and thus vote Dem. Has crushed several generations of black families now via absentee fathers, fatherless children, welfare moms and cradle to grave government dependents. Rivals Hitler’s atrocities in scale and scope.