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Just a regular guy rambling about everyday life.

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THE MULTIPLE KID STRUGGLE

I must say that having 7 kids has been really rough on my wife and I, especially
since we have at least two children that fall under the Autism spectrum and
until we knew what we were dealing with it was a serious challenge to keep
ourselves in control. It’s also been difficult to help another one of our
children because she is so gloomy all the time and she kinda reminds us of
Eeyore.



Don’t get us wrong we wouldn’t trade our kids for anything in the world and
we’re glad to be chosen as their parents. We just think it would’ve been a
little more helpful if we would’ve been given a parenting guide when they were
born to explain what to expect. However that would’ve been too easy and learning
how to be a good parents is just like anything else in our lives; we have to
make a decision that we think is right and if it ends in disaster we need to
keep trying until we find something that works.

Being near nature away from the daily grind calms the nerves and helps with
inner peace.

Having been parents for over a quarter century now we’ve learned a lot about
what to do and what not to do and unfortunately what works for one child may not
necessarily work for the others. So it’s necessary to find out what drives them
as an individual, in order to determine what kind of tools they need to succeed
in life. It’s not always easy and just like with anything else, mistakes will be
made but it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t keep trying.

Relationships are like the sky; at times it’s sunny and bright and other times
cloudy and tumultuous.

After all we as parents should strive to improve our relationships with our own
parents and our children. I would like to finish of this rambling blog by
leaving a few links to some parenting resources for those who may be struggling
with ideas of how to engage their children in age appropriate activities.


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THE JOURNEY BEGINS

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of
those who look on and do nothing. 
–Albert Einstein

In the summer 1988 two teenagers decided to start going steady and just over
three years later they married. In their mind it was the right thing to do even
though neither one knew how the world really worked and after only being married
for four months they found out they were going to have a baby.

In December of 1992 about a week before their wedding anniversary they had their
first little girl and the whirlwind that was going to become their life began.
Over the next nine years they had four more girls and life became a lot more
complicated for them. Here they were in their late twenties, having five kids to
care for and were still trying to figure out what they wanted out of life.

Because they hadn’t taken the time to “grow up”, it started taking it’s toll on
the marriage and they started arguing all the time causing a tense environment
for their five young children. As with most marriages the main topic of
contention was money issues and because it seemed like they were always strapped
for cash, the husband wasting money on alcohol didn’t help.

Hoping to supplement their income the husband started “drawing” pictures for
what he thought would be “cool” t-shirts that people would want to purchase.
Unfortunately he couldn’t figure out how to drive traffic to his online t-shirt
shop, but he kept trying to make “cool” designs for the t-shirts.

The husband hoped this picture on the front of a shirt would entice people to
buy one.

Fast forward to the summer of 2008 when the couple learn they are going to be
bringing another child into their already busy lives. However by this time they
have “grown” into their roles as parents and are looking forward to this new
addition. As with all of the pregnancies they waited until the baby was born to
learn what they were gonna have and to their surprise they were finally blessed
with a boy.

This picture being the back of the shirt just seemed like a “cool” thing at the
time.

Thinking their life couldn’t possibly be any more chaotic than it already was
the couple were surprised to learn in the summer of 2011 they were going to be
bringing another bundle of joy into the world. Being excited about the future
they were on cloud nine when they were blindsided by the husbands arrest. Then
just a week shy of their wedding anniversary their sixth daughter was born,
luckily the husband was out on bail and was able to be there for the miracle.

Since the husband was so blind to the severity of his crime he was sentenced to
jail time and had to spend time at a halfway house. So now the wife was alone in
the house with seven kids and no way of supporting them, because in the early
part of 2012 she was struck by a car while attempting to fix a windshield wiper.
The accident took it’s toll on the wife, but it took a bigger toll on the oldest
children because they found themselves taking care of the younger ones quite
often.

This isn’t the actual photo of her being hit. This photo is taken from a video
shot by the dash cam in a police officers car and is part of a story on the USA
Today web site.

Being apart from his family tore the husband up inside and he was determined to
do whatever was necessary to get back to his family. It took a lot of therapy
hours and learning new ways to think about the world, but after being apart for
four years the husband and wife were able to sleep under the same roof again.

At first it was hard for the family to get used to each other again, but over
time things have returned to a sense of normalcy. Although they have had their
share of ups and downs the husband and wife still love each other and their
children very much.

Being such loving parents they want to give their children a wonderful life, but
unfortunately they are struggling to make ends meet and so the husband has
turned his attention to writing this blog and hoping to gain some traffic to his
online t-shirt shop.






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