Orlando Bertino- I can wait because I Love you.

Orlando (31) his wife Alexa (26)
Narrated by Orlando
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Our life has been going great.  We are settled into our routine and love it.  Alexa wants to go for a promotion and I told her that I would support her.

I love Alexa with all my heart.  The other day we were talking and I asked her what she thought about us trying to have children.  She didn't look too pleased that I was asking her that question.  She finally told me that she was not ready to have kids yet.  I respect her decision. I told her that when the time was right we would know.

For now Alexa is fine with our pet dog. 


I know what it is like to be pressured so I will back off and wait until she is ready.

Iris Worthington

Name: Iris Worthington
Age: Newborn
Parents: Cecilia Dorman-Worthington and Frances Worthington III
Sibilings: Estelle, Ben and Nina
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Arthur Barillas- Something's gotta give

Arthur (24), his husband, Anthony (29)
Their Children: Nolen and Nelina (1)
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Anthony and I had a realization that we are not in a great spot right now.  Financially we are tapped.   We do not know if we are going to make the rent next month.  Anthony has suggested for me to talk to my moms and see if they can loan us some money.  I refuse to do that. It has been a c couple of years but our relationship is still not that great.  I don't want to now go back to them and ask for money.  Therefore Anthony will now be looking for a new job.

While he was looking for a job, we decided that he would stay home and take care of the twins.  He agreed but I could tell that he didn't want this to be his full time job.  I argued that this was not a job but our responsibility as parents.  I think it finally clicked for him.

Anthony is great with our twins. He is so scared that he is not going to take care of them correctly but he has proven that he is doing a great job.

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I started to get sick.  I was not sure if I had caught a cold but something told me that I was pregnant.  I was hoping that this was not true because we could not afford another baby right now.

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I lucked out and found a program through work that would lend me money to help buy a house.  At first I was skeptical but once I found out it was a great program I was read to sign up.  Soon we were approved and bought a plot of land.  The loan also helped us build a shell of a house.  It was up to us to work and get theinside looking the way that we want.

We moved in and we were ecstatic to be home owners. I was now showing and we were happy to know that we had at least a stable home.  Anthony was still struggling to find a job but with a new baby coming we were not in a rush.  Day care would cost a lot and we were not sure we could afford it.

It was so nice to be "home".  Right now we do not have much but it's great to have our own space.

I had called my sister Isabel and told her that we had moved.  She of course asked if I had told my moms. I had not because I wanted to see if we were approved.  I know my mom Meadow would approve but I was not sure of my mom Amarilis.  She was still struggling with accepting my marriage to Anthony. 

We celebrated the twins birthday with a quite celebration.  Nelina was happy to start crawling around.  This just meant that we needed to baby proof the house.

Nolan is quieter than Nelina.

Soon it was time for me to give birth.  Anthony and I ran with our family to the hospital. 

We thank God when I gave birth to our son Harrison.  For now we are complete. We have decided not to have any more children until we are more stable. 

Ankur Behal

 
Name: Ankur Behal
Generation: 2
Age: Newborn
Parents: Raj and Lakshmi Beahl
Sibilings: Imran
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Raj Behal- Ch 4- Our family is growing.

Raj (29), his wife Lakshmi (24)
Their son, Imran (5)
Narrated by Lakshmi
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Raj is such a great father. I always admire how Imran looks up to his father.  This morning we were talking about our family to Imran.  Then Raj asked if I had heard from Deeba. I told him that it has been weeks tat I heard from her.  He told me that she must be busy with school.  Imran missed his auntie and hoped that she would break away from school to come and live with us.

I was in my last trimester.  This pregnancy went much smoother than the one with Imran. At times I felt as if I was not pregnant at all. 

Soon I was reminded that indeed I was pregnant because it was time for me to give birth. Imran and I headed to hospital where Raj was waiting to hold my hand.

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After what seemed forever, I gave birth to another healthy boy. We named him Ankur.  He looked so much like Imran. 

Imran was happy to have a little brother. He did not seem to have any jealousy of not being the baby any more.  I was happy that Raj has prepared him for the responsibility of being a big brother.

As I held Ankur, I told Raj that I tried to reach Deeba several times and was surprised to find out that she had graduated early and had moved out.  Raj said that was not good and disrespectful to our family.  I knew my parents would be worried so I did not call them. After all they were still ecstatic to welcome another male grand baby.  Raj told me that he hoped that Deeba was not off disgracing our family.  I also wished that she was not either.

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the afternoons were great because I could get a lot of work done.  Imran was tired from school so he would come home and nap.  I managed to get Ankur on an afternoon schedule as well.

That evening Raj told me that he had located Deeba and was going to see her. I asked him if he would allow me to go. After hesitation he agreed but that I was to call him the minute I arrived to her apartment. I could not believe that Deeba would deliberately graduate and not tell us! How was I supposed to support her to get married if she acted this way. For sure my dream of asking Raj about getting a college degree was out of the question now. I do hope that Deeba is OK. Imran looked worried and I told him to not worry because everything was going to be fine.

Gerard Awon- Ch, 4 Empty Nesters unite.

Gerard (46) his wife Emmy (41)
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We are currently enjoying being empty nesters. I never thought that having this big house would be too much for Emmy and I .  We have talked about downsizing to a smaller house. I am not opposed to it but being the CEO of a new hospital requires to uphold certain standards.

Besides the minute she has me convinced, we head out to the garden and she changes her mind.  She loves being out there making sure everything is trimmed and weeded. I have offered to hire a gardener but she will not hear of it. She said that she needs something to do especially now that the kids are out of the house.
 
In the morning, I do not like to get up from out cozy bed to go to work.  I snuggle up against Emmy and ask her if she can call in sick for me.  She smiles and kisses me which leads to passionate morning sex.  This morning right when we were done the doorbell rang.  We were both surprised and quickly got dressed to see who it was.
 
To my surprise it was our kids. I asked them if everything was OK and they said the needed to talk to us.  I was concerned and worried when Juliann said that. I saw Gerard Jr and felt a little more at ease.  What ever it was, at least both of them were safe.
 
Imagine our shock when we heard that not one but both of our kids got expelled from school. 
 
I was left with out words. I never would have thought that they were doing so poorly in school.  Juliann started saying that they did not get the course work and that they were homesick.  Gerard said he did not like the campus at all and wanted to come home and try something else.  Really? Is this what Emmy and I worked so hard to raise? We raised two children to become irresponsible young adults?
 
Emmy was more calmer than I was. I was still trying to wrap my head around all of this. I heard her tell them that they could stay here but there had been some changes to their bedrooms.  At some point we agreed for them to stay here and figure things out.  I piped up that point and made sure both of them knew they needed to get jobs. After all if college was not for them then a job was!
 
They were surprised to find out that Gerard's Jr's room had been turned into a fitness room.  His bed was in storage but he needed to make space for the machines in the room as well as his bed.  He was OK with that. I could tell he felt defeated.
 
Juliann lucked out because we had agreed to leave her room as a guest room.  She loved her new space.
 
I thought for sure Emmy was going to coddle the twins.  When they went to look at their rooms she looked at me and told me we had a serious problem.  I agreed with her. We did not want the twins being dependent on us forever.  We both agreed that we would charge them rent.  Emmy smiled because she said it was going to be a rude awakening when they figured out that they need a college degree to make a decent living.  I smiled at my wife and promised her that the nest would soon be ours again.

Mary Viayaka- Ch 4- Life changing trip.

Mary  ex of Ian Barillas (43) her daughter Sayra (14)
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Amar and I have been dating for a while.  He surprised me and asked if I would like to join him to a vacation to Takemizu Villiage.  I was going to tell him no but the idea of getting away to relax was just too much temptation.  I thought about having Sayra stay with her dad but at the last minute decided against it.

After we checked in Sayra said she was going to give us space.  She is a teenager that was anxious to not be trapped by her mom and her boyfrend.  Against my better judgement, I allowed her to go off on her own while Amar and I enjoyed some tea. 

I finally spotted Sayra in the hot tub talking to some girls. It was dark and I could not tell if they were around her age or older. I knew that Sayra was a good girl and would not do anything to embarrass both of us.  After all we were here on Amar's expense.

Amar thought differently than I did.  When she came back to the hotel room he had a talk with her. I heard him tell her that she was acting inappropriate by hanging out with older girls.  He didnt want any problems while we were on the island.  Sayra looked him straight in the eye and told him that he had nothing to worry about and in case he had forgotten he was not her father.  I was surprise she answered that way but didnt want to make a bigger scene. I made a mental note to discuss her dis respectfulness later.

I invited Sayra to share some tea with me. I was hoping to discuss what had happened with Amar.  She got so defensive rather quickly. I told her that she needed to respect her elders.  Amar is not her father but he is her elder and she needed to simmer down.  She put a frown on her face and sulked.  The next thing I knew an island native decided to help herself to some of our tea.  I just smiled because I know that it is customary for everyone to share tea here.  She was a nice girl.  I was glad that she joined us.

The next time that Sayra wanted to tog the to the hot springs, I went with her.  I did find it relaxing.  She didnt look to relaxed though. I asked her if she was Ok and she said that everything was fine.  Mother's instinct is never wrong and I can tell when there is something up.  I will find out sooner or later. After a while, Sayra told me she was bored and wanted to do something else.

We decided to and meditate with the locals.  I could feel that Sayra was finally getting back to her preteen self.  I knew my little girl was still in there somewhere. 

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Amar and I have been dating for while, so I did not suspect anything was wrong with us.  I was shocked when I made the moves on him and he pulled away.  It was at this time, that he told me that he wanted to stop seeing me. I asked him what was wrong.  He told me that he could not do the step daughter thing.  He also said that Sayra was getting quite the reputation on the island. I asked him what he was referring to.  He told me that I needed to take care of Sayra more.  I admit I was angry but I wanted to know more about what he was referring to.  I was shocked when he told me that he just could not help raise a gay step daughter.  I was more hurt that he was a homophobic bastard. He proceeded to climb out of bed and told me,"you can stay for a couple of nights more. I am actually heading back to Viramontes within the hour. Kindly do not try to reach out to me again. I have a reputation to uphold."

I got out of bed that evening. I was replaying everything in my head.  I knew that I needed to get out of there. I called the airline and asked for the first flight back. I did not care if it was a red eye. I just needed to get the heck out of there. I walked out to see Sayra kissing and hugging an older woman. I couldnt believe my eyes.  I ran from the room to see what was going on.

I got nearer and yelled, "Sayra, what in the world do you think you are doing??!?!!?"

I asked the woman whose name is Lydia Conderc,  as calmly as I could what she was doing with my daughter.  She told me that they were on a date. She said she understood this was a shock to me having a gay daughter. I told her that I was surprised but was more shocked about her going with a 14 year old.  She was visually shocked when she heard Sayra's age.  I found out that she was 23 and was unaware that Sayra was 14. She apologized and I told her that I didnt have time to deal with her or the police. I just needed off of this island right now.

Sayra ran off too embarrassed to face what was going on. I was going to find her later but I needed to make sure that all the travel arrangements were made to get the hell off of this island.

The clerk was more than helpful. I checked out and he actually reimbursed me in cash the remaining balance that was unused. I used that to change our flights back home.  Sayra finally came back to the room and was shocked to find I had packed her items. I told her to get in the cab because we were out of there.  She sobbed on the plane ride until she fell asleep.

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The next day I called Ian over and told him that we had something important to discuss.  This was Sayra's mess and I wanted her to tell her father what exactly she did.  Ian listened and didnt see the issue. I asked Sayra to wait in her bedroom while her father and I talked. 

I told Ian that he was crazy if he didnt think that there was anything wrong with a 14 year old dating a 23 year old. He told me to relax or Sayra was going to rebel even more.  But what could I expect from Ian?  After all his first wife was way older when they met. If memory serves me correctly he got married as a teenager to Debbie.

He told me that the bigger issue was to make sure that Sayra knew that we loved her.  This was a delicate time for her. Coming out was not that easy for some teens.  I scowled at Ian because he was actually making some sense.  I told him that he should talk to Sayra. I told him that I needed him more in her life more than ever.  He agreed and said he never abandoned any of his kids.

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Narrated by Sayra

My dad came in to my room. I was so embarrassed that he found out I was gay this way. I was meaning to talk to him but I never found the time.  To my surprise my dad actually congratulated me for having an older woman. I smiled at him.  My dad was always lenient with me. I was his baby girl. 
Then he got serious.  He told me that he loved me but didnt like that I was sneaking off to be with someone that was older. He said that I needed to take my time and that he was there for me whenever I needed it. 



He hugged me hard.  He asked me to not be in too much of a rush to grow up.  I soften up when I heard my dad speak.  I knew my dad was a player don't get me wrong but I also knew he cared and would not hesitate to carry out a punishment.  He asked that take it easy with my mom because she was trying her best.  It was at that moment that I found out from him that my mom and Amar had broken up. I guess we both were going to support each other during our heart break. I promised my dad that I would take it easier with my mom. I also promised to visit him more often.  Did I mention how much I loved both of my parents?