![]() ![]() I have done all I can and just needed to find this poem, prayer I said with them and when they were not around. It breaks my heart and hurts more then anything else ever in my life so far that my sons have no intention to support me emotionally and for the most part, do not care what the stress they caused for months now, just because I wanted to share my feelings, they have chosen to tear me apart and remove every part of them from my life.they want all the pictures I have, as I told them, pictures are for memories, at I hold each and every moment caught with them throughout their lives, vivid and burned in my mind, heart and soul. ![]() My kids have not seen me in years and although they know, I have very serious health issues, more biopsies, test and just pray that it all gets figured out, at the rate it is going, I am declining more and more each day, especially emotionally. My health for almost 6 years now has been very hard on me physically, emotionally and just how I feel about my self image. They are not 22 and 26, one (oldest) married, both of them given every opportunity that myself and their step father for 12 years now, to have the education to stand on their own two feet. I am 44 years old and used to read this poem to my sons every night, even the many nights I went without knowing where they were because their father kidnapped them, 11 months. ![]()
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