yes, i am financially independent.
When addict husband left, i knew he would not pay child support and i prayed very hard. I had a 4-YO and two more in diapers. I went on welfare with food stamps, the whole shot. After a bit i started back to school and learned medical transcription (i never knew that the talent God gave me for typing would be of any benefit). After a little experience in doctor's offices, i was able to start working from my home and now 14 years later am still doing that from home.
Even though i was not as "there" for my 3 boys like i would have been had i not worked, i was "there" enough that they were not left to their own devices all those years!! I'm going to have to remember to thank God for that today.. Anyway, the ex-husband only paid child support when i was on welfare - because if he did not they would quickly put him in jail. Once i got off welfare, he quit paying.
God is good, and He has a plan for our lives - even Ben Goodrich (Simon Burch) and even yours!!