Seven Years Later

While dating and living together, my ex paid for me to go to Cosmetology school. He said this way I would have something of my own and no one could take it away from me. He knew the power of independence. He was a graduate of Pepperdine University and a Police Officer.

 Seven years later, we decided to have a child and three years after that we would have our second child. Two girls, our greatest accomplishments! My ex afforded me the opportunity to stay home and raise our children which was a true gift in that I was able to nurture them, breast feed them, whisper words of love into their ears, I was able to instill confidence and spirituality into them. They had manners and you could see that these children were well kept. They were and still are on a schedule. I did my best to run my home like a business. It was the very least that I could do for someone so generous willing to work for his family... Many times, multiple jobs. Whatever I had to do to make our family work, I did it from caring for our children to cleaning the swimming pool to mending and ironing clothes, to grooming our dog, to driving him to work and picking him up so that he could rest in the car from the long hours of work, to cutting his hair. We were a team! I was a proud wife, he was a proud husband and our family was our world. I had no problem catering to my husband. Our love for one another was apparent but so was his control. I did whatever I could to make sure that my families needs were met daily. Our children were happy and we were in love.