Back in 2010, I was lucky enough to be blessed with a baby girl. Her name is Akira Ruth Atwood-Warby. She was born November 30th of that year.
Her mother and I were never married before this. We were having some problems with each other and the town we were living in which at the time was Vernal, Utah. That is my hometown where I grew up. So we moved, arriving in the small town of Meeker, Colorado.
While we were there for the first few months, life was going well. And then everything started going downhill.
The apartment we moved into ended up burning down, she and I began to fight more often (she was also pregnant with my child at the time), and things seemed to unravel. Almost like there was some strange force that continued to cause problems in our life.
A few months later, during all this, I had the happiest day of my life when my child was born. I was there when she came into the world. I was a first time dad. My emotions ranged from being completely stressed out about the future, finding better employment, all the way to utter happiness. I had never felt this feeling before.
Then the very worst day I've ever lived in my entire life came along. For some reason, my girlfriends family didnt entirely trust me and seemed like every time I turned around they were pulling something to try to get me out of the picture.
Eventually, I was charged with child neglect against her other child from a previous relationship. I was arrested and fought my charges for six more months. While I was in the jail, I turned my life to Christ thanks to a pastor that used to visit the inmates on a regular basis. At first, no one, including myself, would talk to him. I was so incredibly angry about my circumstances (especially since I had lost my entire family including my infant daughter six days a few days after being arrested). But after awhile, maybe a week later (foggy on the actually dates of everything since it was 10 years ago), I decided to listen to them and recieved Christ shortly after.
My daughter was born November 30, 2010,
I lost custody of her December 6, 2010, and I was saved December 10, 2010.
And I'm here to tell you, I went my entire life as a non-believer up to that point, but God has been an important part of my life ever since.
Sometimes I stray. Sometimes I get into trouble still. But I always come back to Him.
Currently I am struggling with an alcohol addiction and have recently enrolled myself in AA, but I know that if I continue to trust Him, I will overcome this as well.
Her mother and I were never married before this. We were having some problems with each other and the town we were living in which at the time was Vernal, Utah. That is my hometown where I grew up. So we moved, arriving in the small town of Meeker, Colorado.
While we were there for the first few months, life was going well. And then everything started going downhill.
The apartment we moved into ended up burning down, she and I began to fight more often (she was also pregnant with my child at the time), and things seemed to unravel. Almost like there was some strange force that continued to cause problems in our life.
A few months later, during all this, I had the happiest day of my life when my child was born. I was there when she came into the world. I was a first time dad. My emotions ranged from being completely stressed out about the future, finding better employment, all the way to utter happiness. I had never felt this feeling before.
Then the very worst day I've ever lived in my entire life came along. For some reason, my girlfriends family didnt entirely trust me and seemed like every time I turned around they were pulling something to try to get me out of the picture.
Eventually, I was charged with child neglect against her other child from a previous relationship. I was arrested and fought my charges for six more months. While I was in the jail, I turned my life to Christ thanks to a pastor that used to visit the inmates on a regular basis. At first, no one, including myself, would talk to him. I was so incredibly angry about my circumstances (especially since I had lost my entire family including my infant daughter six days a few days after being arrested). But after awhile, maybe a week later (foggy on the actually dates of everything since it was 10 years ago), I decided to listen to them and recieved Christ shortly after.
My daughter was born November 30, 2010,
I lost custody of her December 6, 2010, and I was saved December 10, 2010.
And I'm here to tell you, I went my entire life as a non-believer up to that point, but God has been an important part of my life ever since.
Sometimes I stray. Sometimes I get into trouble still. But I always come back to Him.
Currently I am struggling with an alcohol addiction and have recently enrolled myself in AA, but I know that if I continue to trust Him, I will overcome this as well.
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