Times and Trials of Everyday Life

 

Tomorrow

I graduate with my Associates of Arts Degree

I never thought that would be possible.

 

A few days ago Mandy and I

put the down payment on our 3^rd piece of land

that’s not including our 40 Acre gold claim in California.

 

It is spring time and our baby goats are doing fine

We got a bander today

We are going to castrate them

It will only hurt for a while then it will go numb and they will just drop off

It sounds horrible but it is completely safe

And it is a common practice used every day all across America.

 

Our baby ducks are waddling all around with their two moms

That’s right we have a lesbian duck couple

Each year even if they only have one duck

They raise the little ones together sharing the responsibility

Don’t tell anybody though

We don’t want anyone protesting out front of our home

 

We had a baby chick hatch last night

He is doing just fine

There is another one part way out of its shell

I hear it peep every once in a while.

 

Everything is going so well

But there is a cause of fear on the horizon

The hearing is on the 18^th of this month

We have a restraining order until then

After that

Its up to the Izard County Court System

 

For those of you who aren’t aware of the situation

The father of Mandy’s children

Tried to kill himself in front of Mandy’s son

This is the same man that hit her son with a cutting board,

According to the children

This is the same man that let an 8 an 4 year old play outside in the cold

While he was sleeping

And he let those same children play unsupervised

which resulted in one of the kids

basically going through a window

because they were jumping on the bed

 

The kids would be alone until noon

having to get breakfast for the 4 year old while the adults slept in

 

The father of the kids has recently went back to having one of his ex’s live with him

This woman gave her daughter up for adoption because she was unable to take care of her.

 

She and Mandy’s ex had a baby

They were unable to handle taking care of it

So they gave it up for adoption

 

I think that there needs to be a question asked

With so many discarded children

“With the continuing pattern of neglect

and the discarding of your other children

why on earth should you get visitation with these children.”

 

Children aren’t a right,

They are a privilege.

 

They aren’t a burden

 They are a privilege

 

They aren’t something that you have to deal with

when you can get your sleepy Butt out of the bed

They are a wonderful gift

They are little human beings

With hopes and dreams

 

Hopes and dreams that are so easy to squash

Even for adults that work hard at it.

 

But for those that look upon their children

As a burden

It is so easy for that type of adult

To squash the dreams and self esteem of a child.

 

Our lives are going so well now

 

I can’t imagine sending the children back to the home of a man that restricts the medication of a child because he thinks that he knows better than the doctor.

 

And lets the children stay up late in hopes that they will sleep in later

 

Or a man that bloodied an infant’s face

 

And tried to kill his unborn son.

 

I’m just completely amazed that visitation is even being considered

That’s enough for now.

I just had to get that out of my head.