Through Ten Eyes of a Storm

At The Age Of 33 I Was A Single Working Parent With Four Small Children. My Wife Had Left And Had No Intention Of Returning To Me Or Her Children. Not One To Shy Away From My Responsibilities I Set Out To Do The Best That I Could In The Circumstances. The Journey Was Emotionally And Psychologically Challenging For All Of Us - At One Point The Boys' Therapist Suggested That Their Emotions Would Be More Easily Dealt With If Their Mother Had Died. Unable To Cope I Asked For The Children To Be Taken Into Social Services Care - I Got Them Ready And They Played In A Room Totally Oblivious To My Plans For Them. But As Fate Would Have It My Request For Them To Be `Placed' Together Was Not Granted. I Gathered My Children Together And Together We Continued On Our Journey - Into The Storm. I Was Raised To Believe That A Man Provided For His Family However When One Is Suddenly A Sole Carer Of Four Children This Belief Is Shaken. Despite This My Boys' And I Struggled On. Life Wasn'T Easy. There Were Many Challenges - The Biggest Was Being A Parent. How Could I Provide A Happy And Stable Home And How Would I Deal With Their And My Emotional Well-Being? If I Am Honest I Didn'T Know Then But Believe That I Am A Lot Clearer Now. The System That Threw Me And My Sons A Lifeline Is Now So Corrupted. I Am A Pensioner Who Owns A House Which Until Very Recently Was Let To A Single Mother And Her Children - I Am Now Being Forced To Sell My Property To Pay In Excess Of 20000 Compensation Plus 20000 Legal Fees To This Single Mother Who Ironically Is In Receipt Of Benefits!