Hello Piglet, YoungandAngry, Purdy and Nam :) It's good to meet all of you, and thank you for the welcome :)

Hello, Nam, thank you for the warm welcome as well :)
The answer to your post is yes. I have quite a full house here hehe. My husband (a 100% disabled combat vet-USMC, medically retired- who suffers from bi polar disorder and also has PTSD), and 6 children. Four boys and two girls from the ages of 6 to 14 :) As for close relatives or friends, unfortunately, I don't. My father and his side of the family live several hours away, my mother and sister live in a different state. I rarely communicate with anyone else in my family primarily due to their response to the abuse years ago. I decided that was best because I didn't want my children to be around folks who would blame the molested over the molestor. I want my kids to know that if anyone ever hurt them (God forbid), that they don't have to be afraid of me turning my back on them like they did.