A Human Like Us

MADELYN.

Over the course of time, there's nothing I have been more scared of than my kids being taken away from me. They are the sole reason I'm alive, they are the only reason I'm still sane. They are my biggest motivation to never give up. My lovely little angels and the best gift I got after the incident with my father.

Whether or not I got them out of a one night fling with a stranger, it doesn't change the fact that I'm proud to have them.

When they came of age and begun to ask questions about their father, I started to fret. What if their father was a well-to-do man and they had to chose between me and him? What if they wanted nothing more to do with my broke, sorry ass?

It was more reason why I didn't want them to ever find out about their father. Whoever he was, I was sure a time would come when my kids had to pick between their dad and me.

As I wept in grandma's thighs, she stroked my hair slowly. Slow, gentle and affectionate strokes to ca