i think there is strength in anyone who can stand eye to eye with a family member or otherwise,for the sake of having their child by their side, even if its just for a moment in time.I am a mother, you see, of five. my oldest is the same age as your child. 16,12,8,6,&4...and their mother,thats me, be broken in pieces,with the world at her back,trying to tell them she deserts them,from time to time, because of the fact that my soul isnt perfect. but I say that my children are worth it. the fight that i choose as a fragmented person is a battlefront chalk full of landmines, put there by the hands of my mother my father my sister my brother my aunt and all who just dont understand my ways of reason& rhyme. today my aunt by landmine mentality,told me to sign custody papers, giving my mother the rights to raise my fourth son,cause it would be giving him a better chance at life. 'five is too many to hold in your pocket with the crumbling effects of your unquiet mind and your unstable persons you consist of my child, so give him to me and choose to be selfless because claiming a better chance of stablility simply because of your five, is robbing him of a chance to become everything he cant when he walks by your side.' my response to this as guilt crept on in was "im sorry my life doesnt provide, by way of possesions and excessive time, but the blood in my veins flows through my heart which beats in my chest in a synchronized time because of the fact that he walks in my world and accepts his jigsaw puzzle of a mother and we survive, with love as our guide.i love you but no thanks and goodbye."
so, for what its worth, i say, go to your son and look in his eyes, walk by his side and hold your head high, dont let the others around, that may upset you, rob him, or you, of those precious moments, he's worth it! <font color="pink"> </font>