I Wish My Kids Had My Last Name

Jessica Hillis
Nov 1 · 3 min read

They Shouldn’t Have Their Father’s

Image by Piercarlo Abate from Pixabay

I thought we were building a family. I thought we were working on a future together. Each child got his last name because he was the father and that’s how it’s done.

He wasn’t much of a father. He chose drugs over his children.

It became more and more clear that there would be no future…

Jessica Hillis

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Writer and mother. I try to keep it real because I’m not “loving every moment”. Follow me https://twitter.com/3282jessicah or email hillis33@gmail.com

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