Everyday I wake up at 4am and work for 10 hours straight, then come home to a full house and get started on feeding everyone. I have 4 older children and while I pushed them all to reach their potential, not all did. But they’re not gang-banging and stealing to survive. They all have good jobs that aren’t bad for society. I thought I was done, but now I’m raising my nephew. His mom was having problems, so I told him, “You might be my nephew but I’m treating you as a son.” I’m happy to do it because if I didn’t he would be going down a different route.
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