Hello. My name is Ashley and I have one parent. My father served in the United States Navy for twenty five years. He’s been all around the globe bringing back many stories with him. He’d leave us for months at a time where we wouldn’t REALLY know where he was and we would never talk to him. My siblings and I relied on our mother. She was our dad when dad wasn’t there. She was our light and our dark. I knew that I could always rely on her to be there when dad wasn’t there. I was a mama’s girl cause mom was all I had. When Dad finally retired from the military, he tried to get back into our lives, slowly. He lost custody in a court battle during my parents divorce, but regained it four years later. My name is Ashley and I have one parent. My dad is here for me, but he will never be there for me like my mom was. But he sure does try.