This picture helps me
remember why I fight.

Innocence should never
be taken from a child.

I WAS THAT CHILD

My name is Bessie Hudgins, I am the president/founder of Three Sides to Every Story, Inc. I am the little girl in the picture at the left. I was two in that photograph and turned sixty this year 2008. I have lived my whole life trying to deal with a horrible childhood.

When I look at this photograph I am in shock at how anyone could harm a hair on her head. Then I remember who she is and the pain of my childhood makes me work even harder to help stop the pain of so many children of divorce and separation.

We are all products of our childhood, no matter what kind of childhood it was. If yours was good, you can also help stop the maddness. Help make children of divorce and separation to have a good childhood.

I find myself believing that I can help in this fight to stop the abuse of our children of divorce and separation, not because I am educated by the schools, but because I am educated by experience. I am sure you have heard as I have, Experience is the best teacher. If you were that child and would like to share your story with us, please send us an e-mail at volunteer@three-sides-to-every-story.org. Someone from 3 Sides will contact you soon.

Children are the most trusting of all human beings. How can anyone take that trust and turn it into pain and grief? Children love unconditionally, all they want in return is love and security and to be raised to the best of the ability of the parents and grandparents that God gave them to.

“I WAS THAT LITTLE GIRL!”

People ask me, how I can be so sure that I know how they feel?

“I was that little girl.”

People wonder, why I am convinced that I understand what they feel.

“I was that little girl.”

People ask me; do you think they will remember you?

“I was that little girl.”

People ask me; do you think they still care?

“I was that little girl.”

People ask me why I don't just let my son fight this battle.

“I was that little girl.”

People ask me, why DO YOU fight so hard?

“I was that little girl.”

People tell me, you have other grandchildren.

“I was that little girl.”

People tell me, it will all work out.

“I was that little girl.”

People figure, I will give up one day.

“I was that little girl.”

People figure, I will finally go away.

“I was that little girl.”

People think, OH! This is awful, but you can't fight it.

“I was that little girl.”

People, oh people, you do not understand, for I was that little girl and I cannot walk away. I was that little girl, and no one cared. I have to stay and fight; I do not want them to one-day say…

“I WAS THAT LITTLE GIRL!”

You will never regret putting your child first.

It is the right thing to do.

Children should not have to pay for the mistakes of adults. They are precious and they deserve to be treated that way. That is not to say they should not be raised with rules and trained in the right way to go, cause without rules and proper teaching they turn into something that can't survive in today's world.

If when you allow yourself to get out of hand trying to raise your own children, STOP, THINK and REMEMBER how it was when you was a kid and go from there. Sure you have learned a lot as you grew into adulthood, but your child is still a child and thinks like one, listen.to them and remember what is was like and make decisions based on the reality of the situation.

IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT GIVES WHAT YOU GET...TRY GIVING WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE.

BROKEN FAMILIES ACROSS THIS LAND ARE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO HELP.

CHILDREN SHOULD BE OUR FIRST PRIORITY - FAMILY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT GIFT YOU WILL EVER RECEIVE.

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