Already a single mom of four, nineteen-year-old Keisha took in her sister’s three children when their mother went to jail. Would caring for seven children mean the end of her dream to graduate from college?
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Reporter: KEISHA WORKS, GOES
TO COLLEGE AND SHE IS
RAISING HER FOUR CHILDREN,
PLUS THREE.
I LOVE THEM.
IF I CAN HELP YOU, I WILL
TRY TO HELP YOU BECAUSE I
KNOW HOW HARD LIFE CAN BE.
Reporter: KEISHA IS A
SINGLE MOM.
SHE LEFT HOME AS A TEENAGER
TO GET AWAY FROM HER
DRUG-ADDICTED MOTHER.
WHEN HER SISTER WENT TO
JAIL, KEISHA TOOK CARE OF
ALL OF HER CHILDREN.
BUT SHE ALWAYS DID HER BEST
TO SURVIVE AND NEVER MADE
ANY EXCUSES.
I ALWAYS PAID THE BILLS.
Reporter: KEISHA'S
NEPHEW, JO-JO, IS AWARE OF
HIS AUNT'S DAILY STRUGGLE.
PROVIDING FOR SEVEN
CHILDREN, PLUS YOURSELF, THE
LIGHTS ON, WATER ON, PAYING
BILLS --
SOMETIMES IT GETS
DIFFICULT, BUT I KNOW I HAVE
SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD
TO.
I HAVE TO SHOW THEM, IF I
DON'T DO IT, THEY DON'T WANT
TO DO IT.
Reporter: NOT FAR FROM
KEISHA'S HOME, RONNIE MAE
AND HIS WIFE, SHERRY, RUN A
TUGBOAT BUSINESS ON THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
THEY HAVE HELPED FAMILIES
LIKE KEISHA'S FOR YEARS.pp
I KNOW THE NEED.
I SEE IT EVERY DAY.
I LIVE IT, I DREAM IT AT
NIGHT.
Reporter: SOME NEED
EVERY DAY ITEMS, LIKE
TOOTHPASTE AND TOOTHBRUSHES,
AND OTHERS JUST NEED FOOD.
WHEN CBN FIRST HEARD ABOUT
RONNIE, THEY CONTACTED HIM
ABOUT HOW THEY COULD HELP
PEOPLE IN THE AREA.
LATER THEY SENT TRUCKS
FILLED WITH GOODS AND HAVE
BEEN DOING SO EVER SINCE.
CBN HAS BLESSED US IN SO
MANY WAYS.
THEY SENT 18 TRUCKS DOWN
HERE AND HAD A LOT OF
HYGIENE.
TOOTHPASTE, ALL KIND OF
SHAMPOO, ANYTHING YOU WOULD
WANT FOR THESE KIDS.
Reporter: WE WENT WITH
RONNIE AND SHERRY TO
KEISHA'S HOME.
THERE WASN'T MUCH TO FEED
HER FAMILY, SO THEY FILLED
HER CUPBOARDS, FREEZER, AND
REFRIGERATOR WITH SUPPLIES.
IT WILL GO A LONG WAY TO
FEED THESE KIDS AND TAKE A
LITTLE WEIGHT OFF KEISHA'S
SOLDIERS.
THANK YOU, CBN FAMILY FOR
EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE
DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
I HOPE GOD CONTINUES TO
BLESS YOU GUYS BECAUSE YOU
ALL ARE A WONDERFUL GIFT TO
THE WORLD.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.