So excited I cannot even contain myself!!!!!!!!! Im will be going up to Atlanta Oct.15th-17th. to visit family and friends. Or I should say family cause my friends are so much apart of mine and Alex's life that they are family. I have been going through the day to day actions of a single mother for so long it is nice to have something for Alex and I to look forward to. At least for a couple of days I wont have to think about when bills are due and lack of money and the fact that I have yet to recieve a penny of court ordered child support.(more on that at a later date) How are you paying for this mini vacation? you may ask...my father has offered to pay for gas, we are staying at a friend's, and taking a car that is my uncle's, and we are not eating out...Yes. I have felt guilty that any offers of money I get(that sounded kind of bad) should go straight to bills. But I work in retail so will be unable to go see family for the Holidays and my sweet, dear nephew is facing a major surgery and am glad that Alex will be able to see him(and me too of course:)) So enough jsutifying my actions...single motherhood is a constant justyfing of actions...justyfing my choice to family and perfect strangers why I decided to have and raise Alex...yes the circumstances could have been better, but I got Alex, the best gift in my whole,entire life..single motherhood and motherhood in general is all a big juggling act...Ive got to juggle money and make it stretch FARRRR, I have to juggle time and find ways to fit everything in(even showers), I have to juggle my emotions its easy to get frustrated but not let it get to me...But this trip like many things I have been doing this past year is because Alex and I are a real bonafide family! Eventhough there is no Daddy in the picture, we are a little,functional,normal family. I want Alex to have memories of a childhood that is rich in tradition,laughter, and most of all LOVE..even if I have to pay a few late fees on the bills to make it happen....oh and diapers....there is an open letter to Alex's daycare below...feel free to read:)
Dear Alex's Daycare,
We love you, we really do. You have nutured Alex while I have been at work since he was six weeks old and usually there are no issues. Last week I dropped off a good amount of Huggies brand diapers put some in his cubby and the rest in the closet..yes I didint put his name on them I forgot but since there are only two kids(Alex included) that wear size threes in that room I felt it would be okay. This week I get notice that he was out of diapers...what? I ask if the Huggies were still in the closet and one teacher said if they werent in there they must have used them...how did they go through 100 Huggies I dunno but I can tell you if it was Walmart brand diapers it would have never happened.
Love to ya,
Alex's mama
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