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A Solo Dad


A solo dad OUR FAM WAS NORMAL LIKE ALL OTHER WHERE I WAS FATHER AND MUM THE MOTHER THEN SHE ANNOUNCED, "WITHOUT A DOUBT I FOUND ANOTHER MAN, I WANT OUT" OVERNIGHT MY ROLE JUMPED TWOFOLD ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED IN MY HOUSEHOLD THREE BOYS TO RAISE SINGLEHANDEDLY I MUST NOT LOSE MY SANITY "LORD GIVE ME STRENGTH, AND RESPITE HELP WITH THIS STRUGGLE , HELP WITH MY FIGHT" MY BOYS NOW GROWN, THEY'VE LEFT THE NEST I CAN COMFORTABLY SAY I DID MY BEST THIS HOUSE WAS FULL OF FUN AND NOISE WHEN I HAD ALL MY THREE BOYS NOW NO ONE TO TALK TO, I'M ALL ALONE PINING TO HEAR THEM OVER THE PHONE GOD HAS SINCE TAKEN ONE SON AWAY HE MET A TRAGIC DEATH ONE MAY DAY I HOPE I'LL BE FAVOURED IN GOD'S SIGHT TO HEAR HIM SAY, "YOU FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT" By GEORGE SAUAKI BESETIMOALA
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