Life in Kearns is not easy. We are living in the basement of a house. 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, no kitchen no living room. To say my mother is inventive would be an understatement. The "L" family is living upstairs. Mom decided to stay downstairs because she was not treated well by her sister wife when she went up to use the kitchen. She moved her fridge down to the storage room. Bought a hotplate, a microwave and a portable dishwasher. She turned part of the storage room into a kitchen/living room. It was small but it was nice to not have the constant bickering and backbiting when we needed to eat together as a family upstairs. I don't understand why the "L" family was so angry at mom when she decided to arrange things like she did.
We lived like that for 3 years. My Older brother joined the Military (Mainly to get away from my step-father) so I got his room and Mom turned the girls room into a family room. I remember the day Mom bought some new couches! I was soo excited to have a couch to sit on to watch TV. Brian came over to help move them into the house. They had to take the bedroom window out to get them into the room.
When Step Father came home and saw them it was an all out fight! (Why, when Mom got anything new was it a fight? Everyone else always got new things. Mom worked hard for what she earned. Her Money was taken and given to the other Mothers that didn't work. We ran around in hand-me-down clothing. Holes in the knees, to small. Why can't anyone be happy for us?)
That week, (I'm 15 years old) I was with my baby sister and brother watching TV. I heard this big crash and then my mother screamed! I jumped up and ran to her bedroom and tried to open the door but it was blocked. Mom was laying on the floor screaming in pain and Step Father was standing over here. I started screaming to let me in! Mom was unable to move and I saw she was hurt and Step Father did it!! I started to step backward with my fists up and yelling at him to get away from my mother! BASTARD! GET AWAY FROM HER! Misty and Jason came running and stood behind me. I just remember shaking and screaming at him to leave her alone! He started walking towards me saying it was a mistake and I just screamed at him to not come near me! He took off and we didn't see him for a few weeks.
During that time, we were also loosing my mothers father to emphysema. I would go over to my aunts house in West Jordan right off of Redwood Road to stay with him and help him with anything he needed. He passed away not long after that incident with Step Father.
We received a phone call from my mothers brother, Kevin. He said he had a dream where Grandpa came to him saying, "Get Judy out of that hell hole". Uncle Kevin had offered for mom to move into his Condo in West Valley as soon as the tenants moved out. He had been trying to remove them for a while but they would not go. Weeks passed and we waited.
This was the first time in my life I had ever fasted for a purpose! We could not live like this anymore! Mom needed help to get out so I started a fast for 3 days. Praying, pleading with Heaven to open a way. Reading scriptures and praying most of the days. On the third day the phone rang. It was Uncle Kevin saying the tenants moved out. It was time to go see the house!
Thank you Father in Heaven!
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