Like so many others every year I came into this world with some unforeseen challenges. I was born with fetal alcohol syndrome and narcotics in my system. I had several brothers and sisters all in foster care by the time I was three. The good lord had a unique plan for my life. I was blessed to have an amazing woman that at the time was also my psychiatrist who fell in love with me. That woman decided to give me a forever home with her.
After becoming my adoptive mother, she also gave me my first experience with a single parent household. Although the love and support were there, there was still something missing.
At the age of six, I noticed I was faced with many challenges. My motor skills were not those of a child my age. I constantly had to undergo tutoring, and psychiatric help all through my youth and this carried over into early adulthood. At the age of eight my adopted mother/angel married, and at that point I felt IT.
No matter what Society sees as the perfect union my mother had found her better half. This was the first time I witnessed two people in support of one another.
Throughout my early teens I was bullied and led to believe I wasn’t good enough, which lends itself to a high desire to seek acceptance. At the age of nineteen I married with the desire to capture what my mother and father had. Unfortunately, like many, I made a poor error in judgment and found myself being mentally, physically, and emotionally abused. After having my first child in that abusive relationship, I encountered my second experience in a single parent household.
There were programs like The Battered Women’s Shelter that my mother reached out to, to assist me with starting over. It was obvious, if I hadn’t had such amazing support from family, I wouldn’t have made it through such tough times. Now as a single mother a number of thoughts started to creep up.
- How do I make it by myself?
- Why doesn’t anyone want me?
- How do I date as a single mother?
- Would I find someone that would be a good father?
- Why would someone want to be a father to a child that isn’t theirs?
These questions continued until I found My Better Half. My Better Half believes family isn’t contingent on having the same blood line. My Better Half believes in strengthening the family of those single parent households that lacks the dual parent support structure. My Better Half has helped families throughout the years have a safe environment to care for their children as well as give them the opportunity to do extra-curricular activities. Together we pour into those around us positivity, motivation, respect, loyalty and honesty. My Better Half has allowed me the opportunity to grow while growing others.
Like so many others every year I came into this world with some unforeseen challenges. I was born with fetal alcohol syndrome and narcotics in my system.
I had several brothers and sisters all in foster care by the time I was three. The good lord had a unique plan for my life. I was blessed to have an amazing woman that at the time was also my psychiatrist who fell in love with me. That woman decided to give me a forever home with her.
After becoming my adoptive mother, she also gave me my first experience with a single parent household. Although the love and support were there, there was still something missing.
At the age of six, I noticed I was faced with many challenges. My motor skills were not those of a child my age. I constantly had to undergo tutoring, and psychiatric help all through my youth and this carried over into early adulthood. At the age of eight my adopted mother/angel married, and at that point I felt it.
No matter what Society sees as the perfect union my mother had found her better half. This was the first time I witnessed two people in support of one another.Throughout my early teens I was bullied and led to believe I wasn’t good enough, which lends itself to a high desire to seek acceptance.
At the age of nineteen I married with the desire to capture what my mother and father had.Unfortunately, like many, I made a poor error in judgment and found myself being mentally, physically, and emotionally abused. After having my first child in that abusive relationship, I encountered my second experience in a single parent household.
There were programs like The Battered Women’s Shelter that my mother reached out to, to assist me with starting over. It was obvious, if I hadn’t had such amazing support from family, I wouldn’t have made it through such tough times. Now as a single mother a number of thoughts started to creep up.
- How do I make it by myself?
- Why doesn’t anyone want me?
- How do I date as a single mother?
- Would I find someone that would be a good father?
- Why would someone want to be a father to a child that isn’t theirs?
These questions continued until I found My Better Half. My Better Half believes family isn’t contingent on having the same blood line. My Better Half believes in strengthening the family of those single parent households that lacks the dual parent support structure.
My Better Half has helped families throughout the years have a safe environment to care for their children as well as give them the opportunity to do extra-curricular activities.Together we pour into those around us positivity, motivation, respect, loyalty and honesty.
My Better Half has allowed me the opportunity to grow while growing others.
MY BETTER HALF is a non-profit organization that believes in strengthening the family of those single parent households that lacks the dual parent support structure.
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