His Testimony
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Posted: February 25, 2023 His Testimony Shared By: Stephanie Moore Matthew 11:28, English Standard Version “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” |
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I Felt Like A Burden Part One
Have you ever felt like a burden or like you were unimportant? I had most of my life. I thought of myself as a burden to my mom from the time I was born. My father was my primary care taker until mom wanted a divorce and made my dad leave; I was three years old. By this time I had a sister that was two years old. Without dad in the home it felt like we really became a burden to mom. When she was angry at us or trying to sleep off a hangover, we got locked in our bedrooms. To keep my sister happy we would talk to each other through the heating vents that were between our two rooms. If we got too loud or we cried, mom would become angry and yell and spank us.
My dad soon met another woman who had a boy my age and a younger little girl. These kids took some of the pain away from not seeing my sister very much, but I started feeling I was not as important. They married when I was ten and had a little boy a year later and another when I was thirteen. My stepmom was overwhelmed having six children around on the weekend. I felt I was being a burden just coming over.
My mom had remarried when I was seven and had another daughter when I was eight. I was to help take care of both my sisters. They would get together with another couple and we had to stay in our bedrooms and behave or go to sleep.
When I was twelve my mom had another girl. Now there were three kids I had to take care of. I would have to help with the house work, cook, and look after the girls. And we two older girls also worked for others to help bring income home. The first job was for a man on a farm and he molested the two of us. When we wouldn’t keep working for him I felt like more of a burden. No matter how much I did, it wasn’t enough to relieve mom’s stress.
Please come back next week to read I Felt Like A Burden Part Two
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