History is told from one person’s perspective. Sometimes they don’t get it right.
Imagine marrying the man of your dreams, living in a cute little cabin in the woods, and your stepchildren pretending you’re their personal maid.
My life was great. Besides from the fact that my stepchildren hated me. These chubby children have not had a mother figure in their life since they were born. And their dad, my husband treated them like royalty. He never asked them to do anything and they turned out spoiled. I still love them nonetheless. they are the only children I have. One day we had friends coming over for dinner, so I asked the children to help me clean up their toys. They rudely said no. And ran to cry to their father.
I tried to show them how to wash dishes, or to do the laundry. But they were glued to their screens the entire time. I told them I would give them a weekly chore allowance if they would, but they still refused. One day I suggested we all went on a walk. At first they didn’t want to, but eventually their father convinced them.
We were just walking in the forest when they started running ahead. We asked them to slow down, telling them that they might get hurt. I got a phone call and asked them to wait for a minute. When I answered, no one replied, so I thought it was a scam call. My husband borrowed my phone to check it and when we looked up, our children were nowhere to be seen.
We started calling their names in search, but got no response. We were so worried that as soon as we got home, we filed a missing person reports and hoped for the best. Two weeks ago by and we lost all hope. I was so sad. I missed them. Even if they came back as sticky iPad kids again.
Then one random Tuesday they show up at our door. Fit, healthy, and smiling. I asked them what happened and immediately called their father. We listen to the story together.
Apparently, they got hungry after running so they slowed down. They saw a house made of candy, and tried to eat it. But quickly found out it was plastic. They opened the door found a bunch of workout equipment and a coach. They told us that the coach said she had been waiting for them. They described her daily routine and I was so surprised and happy for them. Every morning they would wake up at 8 AM instead of their usual 1 PM. They would eat a healthy breakfast of eggs and avocado. Then they would go help their coach in her garden. After four hours of garden work in the hot sun, they would eat lunch together. The coach helped establish a stable workout routine for them. And after two weeks they looked like totally different people. The children told us that it was hard at first and they were scared. But they eventually realized that it was good for them. You see the coach told them that they would go back to their family after they became good. They had no idea what that meant in the beginning. But they began to realize it slowly.
We canceled the reports and went to visit the coach again to thank her. When we reached the location the kids said, the house wasn’t there. No one was insight. I guess it was a mystery. But we are very thankful to have them back and healthy.