Hello Readers, I hope you're having a great day.
Alright so lets start with an introduction. Hey, my name is Gene. I am 23 years old and a single mom living with my sister Ann, and my 3 year old son James. I am working 2 different jobs at the moment, fighting an unpleasant custody battle against my ex and trying to keep it all together in the process. While I'm at work my sister takes care of my son and our little 3 bedroom home. Money is tight, living in fear of my ex is a daily struggle and trying to help build up a growing business is a big stress. My life is full of difficulties but I am going to conquer this mountain before me.
I'm not a particularly religious person, but I am spiritual and I am an active member of my church and before you lose your mind, my pastor is very well aware of my beliefs. I found a good home at my church for my son and I. I feel at home there and the people are like family.
I'm currently not attending school. I left school a while ago because I felt like I was working toward something I didn't actually want. I must have changed my major a dozen times during school because I was trying so hard to find a degree that would fit general expectations for my future but I decided to take my current skill set and put them to work. Right now I'm currently a ghost writer for a custom clothier and an office administrator for a small insurance company. It isn't the easy path but I think it is the right path for me.
By this point you are probably wondering about that messy custody battle I mentioned earlier. My sons father Allen is not the most pleasant person. After we split up we remain friends and were making everything work fairly well. We worked everything out together for James and I thought it was working out pretty well until I found out that he had been drinking heavily and prying into my life without my knowledge. Long story short he's been manipulating me and the people around me trying to keep me from moving on with my life. The invasion of my privacy would have been more than enough to upset me but finding out about the severity of the drinking and finding out he had been drinking and driving with my son in the vehicle destroyed any hope I had that he could be the father that my son deserves.
Now if you have made it this far you must be thinking this chick is nuts and really needs to get her life together. I can tell you for sure that you are absolutely correct. I promise you I am working on it.
Right now I am looking for a more stable job position, I'm searching for a preschool for my son and looking to move out of my home town and into a more prosperous area for a fresh start for my little family.
I'm hoping that my story that I intend to share with you through this blog will offer hope, and maybe a little comic relief to people who are also struggling through tough situations. This will be an honest blog and I won't pull punches on you. If it's be a bad week I can tell you you'll probably hear about it. I hope you will enjoy the stories and experiences you will find here.
