My children need their daddy!

On December 28, 2020, after nearly a year of marriage counseling and plenty of family heartache, I asked her for a divorce. The following day, while I was at work, she took our kids and hid them out of state, with the help of her parents.

There is so much I am ready to say, but it seems like, when dealing with a guilty party, their tactic is to delay court as long as possible in an effort to avoid a venue where their lies will come out. I have been waiting to share my story and my proof for nearly three years. In this time my dear children have suffered at the hands of an apathetic, selfish person. Soon, I will share their pain with a judge and soon I’ll have my day in court. Your prayers for that day would be much appreciated.

I know it sounds weird but for three years I’ve been told “they always side with the mother.” “Fathers rarely win in court.” The fact that a dad, a good and very involved father, has to convince others he has a right to see his children, more than every other weekend, is astonishing to me. The rules need to change. I am not a second class citizen. My children beg for more time with me but is seems like the well-being of the child, their voice, is never considered. I will spend the rest of my life fighting for good fathers who can’t spend a fortune just to be involved in the lives of their children.

The first five months she kept me from my kids. A few months after that I got FaceTime calls with them where my daughter would beg and plead for me to “hold her in real life!” She actually asked that if she gave me the money in her piggy bank would I bring her home. It broke my heart! Only after a judge ordered her to turn them over to me did she comply.

Where we’re at now are temporary orders (not final) that allows me to have them every other weekend. This arrangement is until the custody battle is resolved, where I’m hoping to move my children back home with me, where they belong. In the meantime, and for the past three years (nearly) I’ve spent every dollar I have and even dollars I don’t have to fly out of state, to hold my babies for a day and a half. I’m exhausted and I’m low on resources. I can’t sustain this lifestyle forever. However, I will remain in hope.

Please keep us in your prayers!