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AW: My sister is flippin' AMAZING! (long)
Not becuase she has done some great feat or accomplishment or even anything anyone else might be impressed with, but just bc she makes it through every single day as a single mother of four.
She had two kids from her first (very abusive) marriage, was able to get out of that situation and landed with another not-so-great guy, to whom she married after (whoops!) twins! He had two kids, so together they had six.
A few weeks ago she finally got her own adorable little place. She doesn't have very good credit, has a fairly decent job that she enjoys, and is NOT able to rely on any child support from either father. I was really proud of her for getting her own place and starting over on her own again.
Last night I went to hang out over there for a few hours to help out- holy moly her life is chaos! Her kids are: b/9, g/6, b/g/3. The twins require so much attention. She makes very energetic children. There is constant noise/ commotion/ "MOMMY!". Little girl put lotion in her hair right after she got out of the bath, little boy has somehow wrapped a cord around older sister's neck and is pulling, older sister is beyond grumpy and making sure everyone knows, and older brother wants to throw balls in the house. Oh-and the neighbors have fun toys in their backyard so little boy constantly climbs the fence to go play over there. Oh my good grief. She cooked dinner while I cleaned the kitchen and unpacked. I have no idea how she gets anything done at all!
The dads get their kids every other weekend, so sister always has one set of kids and never gets a break. i.e. this weekend she has the twins and next weekend she has the older kids.
I know many many people have worse lives and she's very fortunate to have a job, I just wanted to publicly commend her for being such a ROCKSTAR and taking each and every day as it comes and having the strength not to harm her children sometimes.
p.s. Something I saw last night that was so adorable: if one of the kids says "I love you, mommy" she says it back and then takes turns saying it to each kid, and they respond from wherever they are in the house. So cute!
Re: AW: My sister is flippin' AMAZING! (long)
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I'm glad she got a place. Single moms are amazing but single moms X 4 are incredible
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Single Twin Mommies - Oh my. Takes a special kind of mama to not lose her mind. What an amazing person she must be!
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