Why Should the Children Have to Suffer?

Jessica was the spitting image of her father, and her personality made her a female version of him. But she rarely seen her father, nonetheless, get an opportunity to spend time with him.

She had been scolded by her mother every time she took it upon herself to visit him over her paternal grandparents' home. But Jessica felt it was only right to want to spend time with them, especially when they would celebrate the holidays. After all, holidays were for family but her mother didn't see her father's side of the family as family. Jessica didn't agree with most of the things her mother said about her father's side of the family, but she kept her mouth closed. And whenever she had a chance, she still snuck away just two blocks over to her father's parents' house to play with her cousins and eat jelly dogs.

An issue that has been spoke upon, touched and poked on, slid to the side, back or onto a shelf, pushed under a rug or just left in a pot on the stove simmering.....but never has it been shut down! I'm speaking of this "Baby Mama Drama"; when we have a situation, issue, circumstance or whatever we loosely place into this label-where the mother of a child 'uses' the child(ren) as a 'pawn'. Yes, I plainly put it people! A tool or vice used against a person in order to get what is wanted/desired/needed...Now when this is applied to another human being, wouldn't you agree that it's down right horrible and ridiculous? And the 'drama' part comes in when there's this back-and-forth motion of the whole 'you can see the baby, only when/if..' Now how can this be seen as okay with anyone?

There are quite a few fathers out there who adore the mere thought of them having a child, whether it be a girl or a boy; And for them to be deprived of sharing a life with that child, his child, is just as wrong as one who knows that he has a child and acts as if he doesn't...get my drift?

Not only does keeping a father more than an arm's length from that child hurt, it is hurting more people than one truly thinks. That child is now being exposed to not having a father in his/her life, not including the traumatic repercussions of the child having to live a double life because they had to grow up in two different homes. I would agree that people have personal differences and are not able to get along at times, or at all for that matter; But why make the children suffer? Those children never asked to be here, and not to mention have they ever played a part in what's wrong with your relationship with the other parent. So, it's safe to say that one should never allow what's going on in a world of adults, affect the life of a child-Well, if it's possible.

Jessica's Favorite "Jelly Dogs"

*Hot Dogs
*Toast
*Jelly
*Butter
*Mayo

Cook Hot Dogs; Make Toast; When fully cooked: spread butter on toast, then Jelly, and Mayo; Place hot dog in center of toast, diagonally, roll around to get spread evenly coated. Enjoy with a large glass of ICED Tea!