For many mothers, Mother’s Day is a day to be endured and survived, not celebrated. I learned this on Mother’s Day 2006. Our first born son had been stillborn and we’d buried him less than a month before. I remember going to church that day and noticing that a baby baptism ceremony had been planned [...]
Tags: military, miscarriage, Mother, mother's day, single mom, stillbirth
Posted in: Holidays
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Last Thanksgiving wasn’t this complicated. This year, there’s me, my son, my boyfriend, his three kids, his ex-wife, her boyfriend, his ex and his kids, boyfriend’s dad, his girlfriend, boyfriend’s mom, her boyfriend, then there’s my ex-husband. (That sentence simplified: many divorced couples, new relationships, many kids from broken homes, not everyone is on civil [...]
Tags: Christmas, divorce, Holidays, single mom, single parents, thanksgiving
Posted in: Holidays
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I salute single moms. I really do. My husband has left for a 2 week trip back to Morocco and I quake with the fear of having to do it all for my child. He is my chef-extraordinaire, my extra pair of hands at night, the best medicine-giver, a pro at changing diapers.
Now [...]
Tags: single mom, single parenthood
Posted in: Parenting
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