>   Yup, I can recall my Mom raising us 4 kids afetr my Father moved out 
when
  >was 15.  It must have been a terrible struggle for her.  When my future
  >Step-Father came into the picture  when we were 

  >bit older, I can recall him asking when if ever did she feed us kids meat.
  >She promptly told him that she couldn't afford meat except for special
  >occasions .  He went out the next day to the 
eat
  >packing plant and bought a freeze full of meat and brought it to her to 
fill
  >the freezer with.  He has always been a good kind man.....I lucked out as 
di
  >my Mom and all my brothers.
He sounds like a wonderful man.  I have a friend whose first husband
walked out on her.  Her second husband did a great job helping her raise
her daughter.  At her daughter's wedding, she had her stepfather "give
her away", and not her father.
                     Sondra
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