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When you've left your children and their mother unable to pay for the roof over their head, it's not acceptable.
I couldn't be more proud of my eight beautiful children and wouldn't change anything about them or their heritage.
There are so many single moms and dads out there, and we are all just trying to pick up the pieces together. It's hard.
I feel like I have my life together pretty much, but let be honest; it's going to take a strong person to wrangle this mess.
Let's face it - being a nurse, a single mom of eight kids, I would not be able to provide for them in any way shape or form.
The important thing is that I control my reaction, my behavior, my attitude and my words. What I receive back is not in my control.
I've learned to deal with stress. In fact, things that would make the next person go over a cliff don't even make my radar anymore.
In my real life, hard work, doing my job, working well with others and finding solutions without drama has never gotten me fired before.
With every positive, there is a negative across the board in life. It's about choosing to see the positive and working with the negative.
We were in the position after our sextuplets were born that we could not pay our bills. We did the show to provide a better life for them.
I want to be out there learning from others, helping to provide insight whenever I can, though I don't consider myself an expert on anything.
I think I got to the point where a lot of runners end up: You plan another race so you have something to focus on and that's what I do - I focus.
Somebody emailed that to me a bit ago saying there was going to be a Kate Gosselin wig. I thought, 'Wow, is that really what my hair looks like?'
I do know that no matter what, I know within myself that if I have to work at McDonald's, I will do what it takes to provide for my kids, period.
A loaf of bread is $3-plus, and you can make an organic loaf of bread - that tastes a hundred times better, by the way - for probably a nickel or a dime.
I realize that life isn't perfect - it can't be perfect. I can drive myself nuts trying to make it perfect, or I can just have a lot of fun with the kids.
Who ever would have thought that I'd be running a marathon? Certainly not me, but it's amazing where life leads you if you're willing to live passionately!
Many, many people - many parents feel that their decisions are, maybe not, great decisions. Every parent has that, you know, parent guilt of my goal is to produce wonderful, productive individuals and put them out into society.
When you look around, and very close trusted people who would never cash you in, for lack of better words, and those people do that and people leave your house and tell completely different stories, you tend not to trust people.
Every day I hear from women across the country who have incredible stories but are overwhelmed with their lives, asking me for advice on everything from potty training to organization. None have asked for dancing advice, however.
I feel like I know what my role is as a mom, and I know that there is eight people on the planet that matter to me and their opinions matter. If those eight people say that I've done a good job, honestly the rest doesn't even matter.
Each day the thought crosses my mind that when they get older, my kids are going to look back and think about how they were raised. I know they will have a lot of questions about things that may not make sense because they were raised so unconventionally.
I am not willing to comment in public on the custody discussions regarding my children. What I will say is this: I am and always will be a mother first, but as a single working mom I will do everything necessary to provide for my kids despite the opinions of others.