Separated At Birth

Parenthood

Maggie's Point Of View

I pulled up the courage to tell Raymond that he could keep one of my sons. We agreed that we would stay apart and not let the boys socialise. Sam and I fired names at each other on the journey home, I wanted a nice name for my lovely boy. We rocked him in his Moses basket to calm him, while we thought of names. We finally agreed on Jonathan as a first name, our fathers' names as the middle names and his last name. We named our son Jonathan William James Henderson. Our relationship became stronger as we had a son and we wanted something great for him. We wanted a little boy who was smart, great fun, caring, helpful and had his own opinions. We wanted what was best for our son, we didn't want a corrupt child, a child who had an alcohol problem at an early age, who wanted to party every night, who did drugs, who pounded anything with a heartbeat, a child who preferred Metal or Rock to Classical or a child who disobeyed the authority. We vowed to teach him right and spend as much quality time with him, as we could. This life form was the best, our pride and joy, our bond, our little boy. As I looked at my boy, I regretted giving my other boy to Raymond, my other son was going to be corrupt with no guidance from parents or friends. Raymond struggled to ask me out on a date and we were married! I knew Raymond was going to be alone with a child, an alcohol problem, a drug problem and anger issues. His son was going to fail in school, listen to Metal and Rock, party every night, disobeyed authority, protested and had substance abuse problems. He wouldn't be brought up in a religious background, therefore thinking that being gay is a good thing, consuming pig is acceptable, shaving his beard doesn't reject women, divorce is a way of stopping stalkers and wearing mixed cloth doesn't matter. He was destined for corruption and failure. As a parent, making sure your child is set to do well. Raymond is weak and he will crumble if there is too much pressure on him.