MOM of eight, Lita, describes family life in her household as "busy" - and it's easy to see why. With children ranging from two months to 18 years old and three sets of twins amongst them, Lita has her hands full. Although she describes her parenting style as "laid back", she admits that it is important to "keep everything organised" and, with so many mouths to feed, she estimates she spends $2,000 per month on groceries. And when her family's story was picked up by local news and went viral, Lita was "caught off guard" by the negativity in the comments section. Judgement ranged from "Have you ever heard of birth control?" to "We're paying for those children with our tax dollars" - but Lita is undeterred, safe in the knowledge that she has been working since she was 15 years old. Still, life is not easy for the mom, who admits to brother Chase that she often feels like she is "drowning in it all, trying to stay afloat". On the same day that Lita went into hospital to give birth to her most recent set of twins Aurora and Antron, her husband was turning himself in to prison - and he is now serving his sentence, leaving Lita to raise their family alone. Lita knows that Chase has "a lot to say" about the fact that his sister is having to do so much - so as he sits down with her today, has he come to support or will it be tough love for the mom of eight?
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