I know you would. But I have to consider how things are.
I've helped raise them, but I've never felt like their mother, or that I had the right to be a real parent to them, though I do take care of them, and know they love me.
But when you and Teresa marry and have her child, you'll have a proper family, and much as you may need my help, it won't really be my own family, will it? At best I'd be like the absentee father who gets them on the weekends. Even though you and I would like...
*links HELP and TINGLE with PREGNANT*
Don't worry about feeling overwhemed; you'll always have help, and despite what you may think, I know you're a wonderful parent.
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timeasmymeasure
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Date: 2007-01-10 05:54 am (UTC)I know you would. But I have to consider how things are.
I've helped raise them, but I've never felt like their mother, or that I had the right to be a real parent to them, though I do take care of them, and know they love me.
But when you and Teresa marry and have her child, you'll have a proper family, and much as you may need my help, it won't really be my own family, will it? At best I'd be like the absentee father who gets them on the weekends. Even though you and I would like...
*links HELP and TINGLE with PREGNANT*
Don't worry about feeling overwhemed; you'll always have help, and despite what you may think, I know you're a wonderful parent.
...What idea?