David Fullmer

I was, what, 21, 22.

Yeah, I wasn't equipped to get to, like, be a surrogate.

Not a surrogate father, but you know what I mean, be a pops.

They were my siblings.

I loved them.

And so I moved in, stayed with my mom.

My mom worked two jobs.

I worked framing houses and working construction, and we just made ends meet.

You know, my mom was an amazing human being, and she taught me so much about forgiveness.

You know, I always tell the story.

I figured out how to get my mom $350 per kid.

Yeah.

You know, I was like, because the child services, they basically, you can just file papers, right?

It's kind of like the EBT card, but you got kids and you need help, the state's there to help you, right?

Got it.

The state of Utah, so...

i had this big plan i was like hey mom dude you don't have to work you got eight kids you know eight times three something there you go there's our rent yeah there's our rent you know and she just you know put her hands on my face and gave me a big hug told me she loved me she's she said david it's it's better that we work than the little kids see their dad go to jail because there's a possibility he could be put in jail he doesn't help pay holy crap

And I'm just sitting there like, whoa, this is heavy.

And she's like, we need to forgive him.

Just let it go.