Growing up I always told myself
That I would not be a single parent
Raising kids without help
I always felt
That life belonged to someone else
There’s no lucky charms
It’s time to ring the alarm
What’s going on in the
Black community
Making it seem like being
A single black mom
Is an awesome thing as if
Being a struggling mother is a way
To earn stripes
Being a single parent
Doing it all alone
Is not right
It’s quite pathetic
Some of this black fathers
Don’t even care enough
To co-parent
They like to forget
Or assume that paying
Child support will make up for it
This situation is a huge epidemic
One that no one should mimic
It isn’t a lifestyle
That’s glamorise
Say what you want about me
It won’t change how I feel
A stable upbringing should
Always be within our sight
Some of us are just too
Blind to see
I was once like other people too
Now I look back and think
What did I do
To end up with a baby father
Like you
Like a song on the radio
I listened to your tune
Now I am here looking like a fool
Man I wish that I had the analogy
Of no wedding no wound
Had I had it
It would have giving me more
Time to get to know you
I wished that my old schooled ways
Had of saved me from
What I am going through today
My sons would have been saved
From the typical black
Single parent home
It’s so wrong for my sons
To grow up withdrawn
I wished that only I
Could bare this burden alone
Still this is the life that I chose
My choices I own
Allowing my fleshy goals
To take control
Thankful for allowing Christ
To help me to be reborn
And I have learned to never
Put a deadline
On God’s time
For He has no limits
That sometimes it’s not
Always the things that we planned
That are the best
But in fact it’s the things
That are not planned
Which are the true miracles
Not trying to get all spiritual
But God’s way is the best way
For sure
So I will embrace
What God has on the way
Being a single mom
Isn’t the end
But the beginning
Of what God has
For my family and me
Thank You God All Almighty
Be Lifted 
Reblogged this on Cristian Mihai.
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Hallelujah to the Lamb!
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Hallelujah!
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Yes 👍🏼
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Beautiful. God is the Way! If only young people could see that giving themselves to Him in complete trust will bring them true happiness aside from ‘fleshy’ goals. Save yourselves for the mission God has for you, strengthen yourselves against the temptation to the flesh …
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Amen! Thank you for commenting.
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Because I was raised in a two parent home, I assumed that when the time came for me to get married and have children they too would be raised in a two parent home. I was wrong. I had one son, and after his father left us when he was ten months old, I vowed never to have another child. I keep that promise and now have a wonderful son who is married and raising his three children in a two parent home.
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Indeed, being a single parent isn’t a good situation especially for the children. I’m glad that your son is doing awesome that’s fantastic. Thank you for commenting.
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Thank you for sharing my post!
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Your welcome. Its wonderful.
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A two parent home is a nice dream. I grew up in a broken home. My father didn’t help with the finances at all. He remarried and had more kids and we were forgotten. My mom worked a lot and always kept a roof over our heads and food to eat. We kids learned to care for ourselves and were quite so mom could sleep. One can learn a lot from that type of a household. I’m sorry you have to go through this. I wish you well and hope for wonderful things for you and your boys. Take care. Koko 🙂
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Being a single parent can be hard still everything thing happens for a reason. Tough situations makes us stronger. Tough times don’t last tough people do. Thank you for commenting.
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You’ve got that right! And I believe I am tough as I am sure you are too! Stay strong! 🙂
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Been there and I discovered something very interesting. I was kind of ill equipped to be a single dad. Managed to do it for three years all the same. My hats off to all single parents everywhere. Tough job. Keep it up and God bless.
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Hello! Thank you for your comment! Blessings to you and yours!
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