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My name is Skyler Dakota and I live in Myrtle Beach, SC. I am now 1-year old. My daddy is Shaun Downey (now 19) and my mommy is Jade Hocutt (now 18). My daddy dropped out of high school a couple of years ago and now delivers pizza. My mommy spent my first year finishing high school and she now wants to go to the community college. Nicky's mommy takes care of me every week day. Nicky will soon be 4-years old and he is both my friend and my uncle ... but he's really more like the brother I will never have ... for my daddy does not live with my mommy and me, and never has. I love my mommy. I love Nicky ... and Nicky's mommy, too. And I love my mommy's mommy--- for these are those who, in all their caring, have shown me what it means to love one another. Mmm-wah! |
I have no
name. Not yet anyway. "Why, I'm not even born
yet! " And I won't be |
Soon after Shaun and Cassie moved into their own place, the neighbors asked the landlord this question: "Do you rent to children?" And she told them, "No---that Shaun was 19 and Cassie was 17!" ---both 'of age' in South Carolina. Cassie works at a movie theatre at the Mall where she takes tickets. Shaun delivers pizza at $5 an hour plus tips. Some nights he makes as much as $250 in tips. They have no bank account and keep all their cash piled up on a table in their bedroom. Right now they make too much money to qualify for food stamps, but when baby makes three? Shaun's responsibility is to pay the $600 monthly rent plus the monthly electric bill. So far, Shaun has met his responsibilities--- to his father, who is a co-signer on both the lease and the power company contract ... and to Cassie, who carries their baby. And the baby Cassie carries is destined to become Nancy's and my second great grandchild. ...Bruce*** ...trying to see the forest in spite of the trees |