My very young parents of four kids struggled enormously to keep their marriage together.It was a chaos.Mom didnt really want to be a mother nor a wife.My father however idealised having a Christian based model family....doing good for others.So while me and my siblings yearned for love, stability and attention , my father took in children from France for the summer.Those kids were mostly very disturbed emotionally, from poor families, etc. About six summer's like that basically destroyed the fun of family life for everyone involved.My father continued till his seventies to take on foster kids (from youthcare Netherlands) with his new wife later on. We , as his biological children would not even let our own kids stay overnight at Grandpa.So, you can imagine what difficulties these foster kids had to go through.
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I can relate to your story just as you were able to relate to mine. I hope this is helping you deal with the trauma that resulted from your dad's desire to follow a specific model in his life. If only life came with a manual that we could read before we got here so that our own ignorance or nativity did not cause so many problems. I can imagine the difficulties that the kids went through and I pray that they were all able to work through their demons and live a healthy life. I pray they did not perish or swirl inwards.
Thank you for sharing your story. I value that very much and appreciate that I am not alone in this experience. Knowing that others have similar experiences is comforting. Peace to you.
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