When we had our last child we thought we would keep him home forever, that we were not letting this one go and that we could keep him safe forever. As he grew, so did the challenges and we were soon at the stage of thinking, gee it will be good when this child leaves home lol, and for once in my life I will have a life free of children. Not so…
My 19 year old son decided to go and get himself a girlfriend, yep that’s normal for that age, we were happy for him to have some company. He was a homeschooled child and a very difficult high functioning autistic child at that. He was always my angel though, and I made many excuses and allowances for that. Well fast forward to now and he has gotten his girlfriend pregnant, even after I told them to make sure that didn’t happen because neither of them are mature enough or have the funds to bring a baby into the world. Noooo they knew better and now they are going to become parents. In this day and age there is literally NO excuse for a girl the get pregnant.
As we have done with all our children we will step up and help them. Getting them somewhere to live is a nightmare as rentals are so expensive now, and even though they both work, they simply cannot afford to pay rent, power, food, fuel and things babies always need. So it looks like it’s mum and dads place, and the dream of being alone has quickly flown out the window, down the paddock and into the neighboring farm! My grey hairs are getting thicker which each passing day but how lucky am I really, I get to have grandbaby number 8 staying with us. I get to see all the milestones that the other grandparents won’t, and I get to help with the sleepless nights. I guess it’s how we perceive situations that determines how we cope with them. I can choose to perceive this as a nightmare or blessing and I am going with Blessing!
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