Great Auntie

A couple of days ago I became a great auntie.  The arrival of this baby has the most unique set of stars I have seen.  Why?  Here is the synopsis.

The mother is my niece.  She is 17 and just graduated from high school.  The father of this baby just got out of prison for child pornography and sex with underage girls.  He is 24 and is from out of state.  His family is nowhere to be found but he claims his family is part owners of Wal-Mart (I can't make this stuff up).

What I can't figure out for the life of me is that my niece thinks she LOVES this guy.  I have no idea what she sees in him, but my niece is the only one working two jobs trying to make things work financially while he works at McDonald's 40 hours on the weekends only..(don't feel badly, I can't make the math work, either).

The father of this child lives in a motel room and does not have a driver's license.  I think he has some outstanding warrants on his whereabouts and if he went into the DMV they would locate him.  In the meantime my niece drives him everywhere including to the hospital when she was in labor.

Friday the 13th comes with a full, honey moon along with the arrival of this newborn.  How they are going to live in a motel with a baby is beyond my comprehension.  I have no clue as to whom is going to care for this baby while mom works two jobs to support them all.  Dad?

Where is the rest of the family?  My sister and her daughter have butted heads from day one.  The dynamics are way too complicated for a stupid blog post.

A new life was brought into this world with all cards stacked against her.  Her stars are the culmination of so much karma spanning centuries.  I can already tell this newborn is going to be a fighter and a survivor.  She has to be.