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ryansheasmom
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I am new to this forum. A little about me: I am a single mom with 3 children, two boys ages 13 and 9 and a 10 yr old girl. We have had a very rough past 5 years. Their alcoholic father has been in and out with his heavy drinking girlfriend and I let him come back home 4 times. As of Good Friday 2011, he has been gone, at my insistence. The kids and I are having a new beginning. They have been to the Betty Ford run 5 Star Kids Program and are healing. My older two have spent time with their father twice since last April and my youngest has actually spent the night with him three times. They are trying to overcome their feelings of hate and abandonment and I am trying my best to help them. In the last six months I have been talking to a single dad from my son’s football team. We have known each other for 3 years, but this is the first time we both have been single at the same time. He and his boys have been through very similar situations as my kids and I and we have bonded over that. Our kids get along great. His boys like me and my kids really like him. We also have a lot of other things in common. The problem right now is that we have both been so hurt by others, we are having a hard time opening up and taking our relationship to the next step, mostly on his part, We have talked about a possible future together in a joking manner, but whenever it comes to actually doing something about it, he holds back. When we make plans to do something together, he backs out. He and his two boys live with his parents and I know that is a very stressful situation for them all. I am asking for prayers that Kevin and I find a way to open up and trust each other. That we are able to work things out and find happiness with each other and our children.

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