tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077536894458666315.post6438816195796276919..comments2024-02-23T03:17:22.061-06:00Comments on Destination: Austin Family: A Safety Net Constructed of BloodThomas MacEnteehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925130637060406529noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077536894458666315.post-9015328759640630092008-10-15T23:17:00.000-05:002008-10-15T23:17:00.000-05:00For six years, I was a single mom raising three ch...For six years, I was a single mom raising three children. Like your mom, it was my family who acted as my "safety net." Like your mom, it wasn't the monetary aid as much as it was the helping me see to a 1001 details that come up when you are raising children. Who would watch the kids when I had to work until six on Fridays? Who would go to Mike's baseball game, while I was at Eric's? Who would watch Joy when she came down with the chicken pox while I went to work? Sometimes it was just as simple as a "stay and have a cup of tea, and tell me about your day." <BR/><BR/>I'm guessing that your mother, like many single parents, felt that special bond with her children that comes from shared struggles. And I am guessing that like many other single parents, she felt the sorrow of not being able to share her child's achievements with the one person in all the world who should have had the same vested interested as she.<BR/><BR/>Even a quarter of a century later, my feelings are still too raw, and I would feel too exposed to put my experiences into my own blog. Somehow, your own story, written by a child of a single parent is a salve to an unhealed wound.TERRY SNYDERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07196125204227954864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8077536894458666315.post-73947937124168681692008-10-15T19:18:00.000-05:002008-10-15T19:18:00.000-05:00Bravo Thomas, well said!Sheri FenleyBravo Thomas, well said!<BR/><BR/>Sheri FenleySheri Fenleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com