THIS ACTUALLY HAPPEND FRIDAY, I POSTED IT ON MY MYSPACE FORGOT TO POST IT HERE. BUT I HOPE WHEN YOU READ THIS, AND HOW IT MADE ME FEEL AS A PARENT TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN YOU THINK TWICE WHEN YOU PASS JUDGMENT ON OTHERES...
MOST OF MY CHILDREN ARE NOT MINE BIOLOGICALLY, BUT I LOVE THEM ALL THE SAME. SO SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT I RECENTLY ADOPTED THE YOUNGER 2 OF MY BROTHERS KIDS, CERCUMSTANCES BEYOUND MY CONTROL BEYOUND THE KID'S CONTROL, THE STATE PLACED THEM WITH ME & MY HUSBAND. MY OLDEST TWO ARE MY HUSBANDS FROM HIS FIRST MARRIAGE
YES WE HAVE 7 KIDS AND I AM PROUD OF IT. SO WHAT, IT'S NO ONE'S BUSINESS BUT OURS, I USUALLY DONT LET IT BUG ME WHEN I SEE PEOPLE LOOK AT US WIERD ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GO SOMEWHERE WITH ALL SEVEN OF THEM UNTIL TONIGHT. AND WE ONLY HAD THE FIVE LITTLE ONES.
WE WENT TO WALMART, LIKE WE ALWAYS DO. WE JUST WENT FOR A FEW THINGS. WE WERE BACK BY THE DIAPERS, AND ME AND MY DAUGHTER WERE WALKING AWAY FROM THE REST OF THEM TO OUR NEXT PURCHASE, WHEN SHE SAYS "MOMMY WHATS WELFARE". I WAS STUNNED I DIDNT KNOW WHERE THIS WAS EVEN COMMING FROM. I ASKED HER WHY SHE WAS ASKING THAT. "CAUSE ONE OF THOSE LADYS SAID O MY GOD ALL THOSE KIDS, AND I BET THEY ARE ON WELFARE". AS MUCH AS I WANTED TO GO BACK AND SMACK THAT LADY, I JUST GRABBED HER HAND KEPT WALKING TO THE NEXT PART OF THE STORE.
I SEE THE FACES PEOPLE MAKE WHEN THEY SEE ME AND FAMILY, HECK I HAVE EVEN HEARD OTHER PARENTS AT THE SCHOOL WHERE MY KIDS GO SAY THINGS. JUST HEARD SOMEONE SAY'N STUFF AT THE SCIENCE FAIR A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. I HAVE COME TO JUST LET IT GO. IF I LET EVERY STUPED COMMENT OR LOOK GET TO ME, I WOULD BE A BASKETCASE. ITS JUST NOT WORTH IT. BUT THIS TIME MY DAUGHTER HEARD IT. SHE SHOULDNT BE SUBJECTED TO THAT KINDA SHIT.
SO MY POINT IS, THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE A LARGE FAMILY, DONT BE SO QUICK TO JUDGE, YOU DONT KNOW HOW OR WHY THEY ARE SO BIG. AND THINK THIER KID MIGHT HEAR ME... I WOULDNT CHANGE MY FAMILY ONE BIT, ITS MINE AND I AM HAPPY WITH IT. SO I DONT CARE WHAT PEOPLE SAY OR THINK JUST CAUSE I HAVE 7 KIDS, IT JUST ANGERS ME THAT MY POOR BABYGIRL HAD TO HEAR SUCH A THING. I AM JUST GLAD THAT SHE IS STILL INOCENT ENOUGH TO NOT REALIZE THAT, THAT LADY WAS BEING MEAN AND HATEFUL...
O AND FOR THE RECORD WE ARE NOT ON WELLFARE, MY HUSBAND BUST'S HIS BUT FOR EVERYTHING OUR CHILDREN HAVE.......
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Some people are so rude! I only have three and I get the, wow you have been busy, or, looks like you have your hands full! Blah...who cares.
You can't let it get to you...but understandably, I would be upset too if my little one overheard that.
Time to have a talk with the little ones about judging others and how not to, and why some people do (ignorance, etc).
Enjoy your big family, it means a bigger prosterity and more blessings than one can name!
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