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They say it takes a village to raise a child. For years, I\u00a0was<\/em> that village\u2014for my daughter, Claire. I raised her alone after her father left, working multiple jobs, skipping meals, sewing her prom dress by hand, being both Mom and Dad. And I never asked for a thank-you. Claire grew up strong and smart. She went to college, fell in love, and married a man named Zach\u2014polished, traditional, and not particularly fond of me. When Claire had her first baby, my grandson Jacob, I offered to help. She hesitated. Then came the heartbreaking call:<\/p>\n

\u201cZach thinks it\u2019s not healthy for the baby to be around certain family models.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Translation? I wasn\u2019t welcome. All because I raised her alone. I cried. I grieved. I packed the baby blanket I\u2019d knitted, the heirloom rattle, the college bond I\u2019d been saving. And I gave it all to another young mom I met at the church food pantry. Her name was Maya. She had a baby girl and no support. In helping her,<\/p>\n

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I found healing. Weeks later, Claire called. She was exhausted. Alone. Her husband wasn\u2019t helping, and she was barely holding on. She cried and admitted,\u00a0\u201cI didn\u2019t want to become you. But now I understand what it cost you to be strong.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Two days later, she moved back in\u2014with Jacob. We\u2019re rebuilding. Slowly. She comes to church with me. Maya joins us for Sunday lunch. And there\u2019s a man in the choir\u2014gentle and kind\u2014who chats with Claire after the service. Nothing serious. Just safe,<\/p>\n

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steady kindness. I rock Jacob in the same chair I once rocked her in. And as he sleeps, I whisper:\u00a0\u201cYou\u2019ll never know how hard she fought for you. But one day, I hope you understand. The greatest thing I taught your mama wasn\u2019t how to be perfect\u2014but how to survive with love still in your hands.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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They say it takes a village to raise a child. For years, I\u00a0was that village\u2014for my daughter, Claire. I raised her alone after her father left, working multiple jobs, skipping meals, sewing her prom dress by hand, being both Mom and Dad. And I never asked for a thank-you. Claire grew up strong and smart. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5483,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5482\/revisions\/5483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildwondertube.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}