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<\/p>\nHappy Father\u2019s Day to all of the dads, grandfathers and father figures!<\/p>\n
Bethlehem Housing honors client, Duavanall Bridges, this Father\u2019s Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Duavanall Bridges is the father of a 5-year-old son. He began his journey as a single parent in the year of 2016.\u00a0 His son was born in the year of 2015.\u00a0 His child\u2019s mother was suffering with a drug addiction; therefore, Mr. Bridges took parenting into his own hands until the child\u2019s mother was able to recover.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the latter part of 2020, the child\u2019s mother recovered from her drug addiction and the two have been cooperatively co-parenting.\u00a0 Mr. Bridges said that it is a joy to have the child\u2019s mother back in their lives even though she lives separately from his household.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mr. Bridges said in the beginning it started-out very hard and he wanted to note that it is just as hard for a man to be a single parent as it is for a woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He also said that even though the journey was hard, help came in along the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mr. Bridges gives his highest praise to God, \u201cI am so thankful for my support system, which is his grandparents and I am truly grateful for Bethlehem Housing for assisting me with not only finding a home for myself and my son, but for providing rental assistance because I live on a fixed income.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ashley Shields at Bethlehem Housing says, \u201cI have been working with Mr. Bridges for a little over a month now since I started with Bethlehem Housing. I can see that Mr. Bridges does a very good job as a father and puts his kids first.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0 Mr. Bridges said, \u201cIt is an honor to be honored by the agency,\u201d and he is so very, very grateful!\u201d<\/p>\n
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