‘I have great kids; I guess I did something right’
“I was 20 when I got married. We were together for 10 years, and we had three children. Actually, I have four children, but my sister raised my youngest. I had my baby girl until she...
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Single mom commits to raising son on her own
“I’m a single mom. I’ve never been married. I was with his dad for six years. Then I was with another man for nine years, but we split up recently. “Now I’ve decided it might just...
Daughter with cerebral palsy inspires mom
It’s not always easy. But as the mom in a family of six, Amanda Vela tries her best to spread the love around. “One of my biggest challenges is time,” she said. “With multiple children at...
Nobody said that being a mother was easy
“He’s a good kid, but he can be pretty hardheaded. He just likes to do what he wants to do sometimes. “He will come to our bed in the middle of the night. I used to...
Moms have their hands full with these guys
When they’re not cooling off on a hot day, these young guys are acting pretty cool. (Left) “He likes to play dodgeball. He’ll run up to us with his ball and warn us first. He’ll yell,...
Mom looks forward to teaching her son well
“I have an older brother whose son is going to be 8 this summer. We always joked about living in a world where so much bad stuff happens, so why does anybody procreate? “Sometimes it feels...
New Jersey family getting used to friendly Texans
The happy-go-lucky life of a child was apparent when I approached this young mom and her three children on the first real sunny day following a week of rain. One of the girls kept singing, “You...
She gives herself an A+ on most important job
“I’ve been looking for work, but no one seems to like me. I tried to get on at the new Kroger. I did the application and a little phone interview, then they told me to come...
Biological mother ‘really doesn’t want me’
“Growing up with my biological mother wasn’t the most fun time ever. After she and my father split up and he moved down here to live in Texas, we were bouncing around from apartment to apartment....
His ‘Texas mom’ was always there for him
“When I moved down here, I began staying with my aunt, who is my dad’s sister. She took me in as part of her family. She adopted me to her heart. She really became my mom....
