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Archive for January 2007

January 31st, 2007

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January 30th, 2007

Is Jennifer Aniston going to join the ranks of single mothers?

Entertainment Wise from over on the other side of the pond is spreading the rumors that the lovely Aniston is pondering adoption…
They quote the National Enquirer as their source… so who knows if it’s true or no. But the Enquirer claims that she’s looking to adopt two children from LA orphanages. So move on over, […]

By christina -- 5 comments

January 29th, 2007

a day in the life

The mother of my son’s future bride is studying to become a midwife. She has some pretty bizarre stuff floating around her house,pamphlets and literature and amazing books on birth and babies, and nothing shocks me anymore.
Imagine my surprise when, as I stand at the front door, waiting to be let into her house, my […]

By christina -- 1 comment

January 29th, 2007

Another inspiring single mother

Teenaged, single mother. High school dropout.
Deanna worked her way up the ladder of life, got a degree, passed the bar, and is a grandmother now. Read her story here;
Being a single mom is not debilitating, Deanna Forbush has proved that. Her birthday is tomorrow, but it would be bad form to give away her age, […]

By christina -- 3 comments

January 28th, 2007

Some tentative steps towards public assistance

I don’t know if my pride will let me do it, but it looks as though I’m eligible for public assistance right now. I might qualify for food stamps and emergency health insurance, TANF and financial assistance with rent and utilities.
What. Me? Welfare doesn’t have to look poor to be poor, baby. I’m holding my […]

By christina -- 3 comments

January 27th, 2007

Setting limits for your children — and then sticking to them

We had a bit of a … difficult night last night. At almost four years old, the King of Everything is perfectly capable of dressing, undressing, and redressing himself. AKA, bedtime. We’d spent a lovely evening at friends’, and it was time to get home and go to bed. He didn’t want to go to […]

By christina -- 5 comments

January 26th, 2007

The twelve gifts of birth

Strength, Beauty, Courage, Compassion, Hope, Joy, Talent, Imagination, Reverence, Wisdom, Love, Faith.
What a lovely list of qualities to encourage in your children. Charlene Constanzo weaves the value of these ideals in a lovely series of books, The Twelve Gifts. I was at a friend’s house this evening and read The Twelve Gifts of Birth. This […]

By christina -- 0 comments

January 25th, 2007

Single Mom Seeking

Shari Maser writes a lovely review of Single Mom Seeking: Playdates, Blind Dates and Other Dispatches from the Dating World by Rachel Sarah over at the Literary Mama Blog. It’s not a book I’ve read, yet, but I think I might toddle on down to the library and see if they have it, yet.

Cause […]

By christina -- 4 comments

January 24th, 2007

some thoughts on finding a job

Wake up on Sunday morning and haul that huge paper to the kitchen table, pour yourself a cuppa and get out the magic marker. It’s Job Search Day. Then spend the week keeping an eye on all the on-line job listings, at the newspaper, Monster.com, your local head-hunters and placement agencies. Spend your evenings filling […]

By christina -- 10 comments

January 23rd, 2007

lonely is as lonely does

It’s the wee small hours of the morning that are the hardest for me. If I don’t get to bed by nine in the evening, I catch a second wind and am up until 1AM, rattling around the house, thinking too much.
Being a single parent, I find I’m a prisoner in my own home after […]

By christina -- 15 comments