I am writing to you about my youngest Daughter, Elaine. She is a rock. She has two wonderful Daughters Katie 16 and Blythe who will turn 18 in November. My daughter has had a very tough time of it. First off at a young age she was supposed to get married, but when the young man found out that she was going to have a baby, he told her to either get rid of that baby or they were through. My Daughter was devastated and told her boyfriend that she would not get rid of her child so he broke up with her, leaving her to raise that child all alone. Then she met and married the most wonderful young man who had Cancer that was in remission and about a year or more after they got married they found out, there was a baby on the way. Billy lived long enough to see his daughter’s birth and spent time with her even when he was in pain. Then after he died Elaine found what she thought was another really nice man ( which turned out to be a wife beater and her ever time he got the chance) They moved to Tennessee with the two girls and all hell again. He would drink and the more he drank the worse he got with her and the girls. He gave Blythe a black eye and put many bruises on Katie as well. Finally after they had been married for some time she left him and moved back to Connecticut with the two girls. After about two years she Met Steve. I really thought that he was the perfect man for her ( HER NIGHT IN SHINING ARMORE) and she though so too. He was a very kind and giving man. He loved the girls like they were his own. For over 8 years the happiness was so strong and they were so happy. Being here in Florida I didn’t see any problems. when I called her she would tell me about all the wonderful things that Steve had done for her and the girls. He bought them each bicycles and a computer, so we could keep in contact with each other. They were so happy and then the nightmare began. One night at about 1 am in the morning my daughter called me crying into the phone saying he messed with my baby? I had no idea what she was talking about. No matter how hard I tried to comfort her, all she kept saying was he hurt my baby. It took me a very long time to finally get her to tell me what was wrong. It seemed that Steve was up late, working or whatever on the computer, We found out later that he was looking at porno and when he headed for bed, he saw what he thought was my Granddaughter Blythe touching herself and he got down on his knee’s to see what she was doing, that’s how my Daughter’s life went to pieces and the girls too. The girls didn’t understand what had happened to them or anything because Blythe didn’t even remember his touching her. All my Daughter kept saying was he hurt my baby over and over again. The cops came and that was the end of the best marriage that anyone could have asked for. All because of the stupid computer and the porno site. Steve kept saying that he didn’t mean to do it and had not ever done it before. They tried going to therapy(all four) which did nothing for them, then My daughter and Steve went alone and together. In the end, they broke up and got a divorce. I really didn’t think my daughter would ever get over it, but now she is just being a mother and trying to keep her head above water. She is someone who needs a car, to get to and from work each day as her car isn’t running very well or at all?. I am not sure at all? She has no means to pay for a car because she drives a School Bus 7 days a week if she can, just to make money enough to put food on the table and pay her bills. If you ever decide to give away another van or even a small car please add my Daughter’s name to the list of people who might win.
I love my daughter so much and wish that I could help her, but I just don’t have the money to help anyone not even myself. Please take a little time to say a pray for my Daughter as she needs all the help she can get from you and anyone else. Again Thank you for Reading this e-mail about a very special Daughter.
Sincerely,
Karen Rice