Hello everyone...The name is Melissa and I am the mother of 3 very lovely children of my own and step mother to 4 more wonderful children....all between the ages of 14 and 7........yeah...I know we have quiet a brood huh.....all of my children are very very precious to me.....Now, a little about my little family. First I will start with myself....I grew up in Kemp Texas..and now reside in Alto, Texas.....where I met the love of my life and most wonderful caring man I have ever known.....the only regrets that I have is that I didnt meet him sooner....

I have a very sad story to tell...and I will tell it to anyone that will listen....Most people are offended by my story...but It is a story that needs to be told and should be a warning to others....

See, 3 years ago I found out that my boyfriend of 6 years had been sexually abusing my daughter for the last 3 years of our relationship.....I beat myself up so badly wondering why I didnt see the signs.....all I can say is that love is blind and you dont tend to see things the way outsiders do. My life and the lives of my children changed over night....you see, I thought we were living the dream life...I was a SAHM for 12 years....never had to work, only had to stay at home and take care of my children..you know..the things most mothers do.....get the kids ready for school, clean house, cook, make sure homework is done etc. etc....We had family vacations...weekend fishing trips, outings and all I had to do was stay at home, look pretty and make sure my kids and my man were taken care of...

Then came the blow..I got a phone call one day that a lady from CPS wanted to talk to me..so as I sat there waiting for her to show up I was going over and over in my mind what I might have done wrong.........isnt that Ironic..the first thing you think of is what you could have done wrong........never did I think that she was going to tell me that this man was molesting my daughter.......when those words came out of her mouth, it was like a physical blow to my chest...I swear all the air in the room seemed to dissapate and I could not catch my breath..we went through the walk through of what I as her mother was expected to do, and what the consequences of not doing as they said would be..(OK, as if I would honestly choose to keep my children around such a monster....), but I guess they have to go over all the possibilties with you...anyways.........and the horror was that the man was home from work that day and outside listening to everything we were saying...and when they went to leave I begged them to take him with them, they told me that they could not interfere with a criminal investigation....so there they left me, with this child molestor..and told me to just get my kids and get out as soon as I could......Ok...so when he comes in the house...all I could see was red I was so furious...I went for the pistol I had stowed away in my room......,but when I opened the drawer all I found was a pawn ticket....the jerk had gone and pawned the pistol...I guess that was Gods sweet way of protecting me, because I would have taken it and blown his head off that very instant.....I spent the rest of the day  making phone calls trying to find someone to come get us....before the kids got off the bus.......cause I didnt want to even take them into the house with this man...and the whole time Im trying to make these phone calls he is pulling on me and begging me to listen to him..that it was all a lie, that he must have done something to make her mad at him etc. etc..crying, begging..telling me he was going to kill himself....well, needless to say, we got out, and I only took the clothes on our backs because he refused to let me pack any of our things....then, that night when we left the hospital..I came home to alto with my baby sister..stayed with her for a  few months until I could get back on my feet...we never went back to the house..never looked back..I had to start from scratch because I didnt want any thing we had accomplished together.....Now, I think I did prettty good for my kids while I was alone...and in the mean time while I was working I met my boyfriend Darrell...He has been the sweetest thing and showed me that all men are not alike, I was so scared to get involved with anyone else..and even more scared to even introduce him to my kids...I didnt want him anywhere near my kids......I thought I had to protect them...Then he introduced me to his daughter...and I fell in love...........now, we are happily living together and the pieces are starting to fit together again....Yes, I am still very cautious about my children..and probalbly always will be...but I know that I, and them are safe with Darrell.....

Now, Im sorry if my story has offended anyone...but I just think it is important and every single mother needs to take the time to look for the signs that I did not see..if anything at all seems to be out of place or abnormal, please do not hesitate to take your children and run...