Originally Posted by
Granny5
The female super heros are real women trying to live the best life
they can under some pretty hard conditions.
How about a woman with seven kids trying to raise them on her own
after her husband leaves her for her best friend? She is pregnant with the youngest when he leaves. When the courts
award her a whole $45 a week in child support, she feels like she’s
won the lottery. But then the checks start bouncing. She supports
her family, while living with her mother in a two bedroom house,
by doing farm work in season and cleaning house for the well off
folks in town. Charity buys her wood and coal to heat the house,
She goes 15 years without a new coat because buying herself one will
take away from the kids. As the children get older, they start to work
and help but they also leave home when they are old enough
to find work that pays well. She scrimps and saves every dime and
quarter to give her children a life. She washes on a wringer type
washing machine and everything is hung on the line to dry even on
the coldest winter days. She loves and cares for all of her children
like they were the most precious things on earth. Each grows to
adulthood safely and become good citizens. Then, the day before
the youngest turns 18, she is finds out she has cancer and dies
6 months later. And she is not bitter, but thankful that she lived
long enough to see her youngest become an adult.
That’s a super hero. That’s my Mom. That's my super hero.
