My wealthy atheist grandfather kept a safe full of diamonds on his main property and owned a ton of land across the US He disowned and disinherited my mother for marrying a Christian man and exiled us to poverty in the ghetto because of our faith I'm rebuilding because of him
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I think about him when I get a big payday Or when we're short on a medical bill I try to pray for him and forgive what he did to us. It's an ongoing effort Gets harder when my wife and kids want something and I can't make it happen yet He left me a negative inheritance
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Now instead of building a family on stable ground, I had to find that ground first Scratch my hands bloody trying to level it Break my back laying a foundation Work my fingers to the bone putting up a roof We're there now, above poverty and just taking off And years behind
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My children will be better off. They'll start on flat ground instead of in a hole No fleas in their bedding, no food stamps, no subsidized housing with addicts trying to kick in the door to ransack the place My job now is to undo what he did My entire life must negate his
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Replying to @TheBrometheus
You did good. When I start to feel overwhelmed, I think of you and your family, and all you’ve been thru. You help me suck it up.
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Right back at you, my friend.
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