Family Obstacles

Every family is faced with different obstacles when raising a child. These obstacles impact the child’s development and rearing. Jennifer and I talked about her greatest obstacle when raising her four-year-old daughter Allison. She told me how Allison was diagnosed with appendicitis, had to have two surgeries due to the appendix rupturing inside, and was in the hospital for over a month. Jennifer and I talked about how she made it through the situation and she told me, “I just kept praying to God that she would be better and did my best to listen to what she was trying to tell me about her pain.” She continued saying, “It was a very traumatic event for a two-year-old girl to be in the hospital for over a month and to constantly be pricked with