It was a beautiful, mild day yesterday and the King of Everything and I strolled over to our local park, confident that his new soccer ball could lure a new playmate. We scouted out the two play areas for suitable kids, and chose the one that had the biggest, runningest kids on the playground.
It was […]
I had a friend, a friend who was a boy, when I was a little girl. We were inseparable for years, and I adored him. He left halfway through elementary school, and I didn’t hear from him any more.
I went to an all-girls’ high school, and some friends convinced me to go to a dance […]
I have no idea why, but this song makes me smile every time I listen to it…
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I never. Ever. Thought I’d be a single mother.
Yet, here I am.
I’ve got it good. I’ve got some money saved. I’ve got a real career, despite never having finished college and having been a stay at home mother for over three years. My kid is amazing, and I think that even the separation was, if […]
One of my favorite solomothers–a beautiful singer, a witty writer, a juggler of schedules and budgets and boo-boos and life–is no longer quite so single. Her beau proposed on Christmas day, and she said yes. Her ring is a beautiful blue stone, a topaz? Surrounded with little diamonds, it sparkles like the sky. Truly a […]
Christmas is almost done, but for the memories and the lasting wish for kindness and understanding, real understanding, to descend upon this crazy world. I could begin from the biggest to the smallest of us, or vice versa: warring nations, blood spilled when we should all try to turn the other cheek… cruel words exchanged […]
There was this insane mess that somehow needed to be cleaned up, and presents that needed to be assembled, and the KoE’s overseas grandparents’ presents to wrap and assemble and such.
And it’s 10PM. And we just got home from my parents’ house, where I spent an insanely fun, insanely insane hour or two beginning to […]
I’ve been reading the mother blogs out there, and it’s funny to read so many women matter-of-fact-ly mentioning that underwear and socks are going to be under the tree for their kids. Hey. Money’s tight. Have you checked out the price of underwear and socks lately?
Holy moley. That’s some expensive frilly bits. Even when […]
Golly, but I feel so much better.
I got together with the most amazing, stunning, smart, funny, beautiful, competent group of single moms this evening. Some of us were old hands at this single thing, some were just dealing with the first steps of single motherhood. Some had found their way through adoption, some through divorce, […]
We’re making cookies. A lot of cookies. Can you tell I’m a little brain-damaged?
Cooking with your kids is a great way to get some quality time. Ever since my kid was old enough to drag a stool over to the counter, he’s been my sous-chef. “We COOKS! mama!” he’d crow as he stirred and patted. […]
Solo Mother: All the responsibility. Half the time.
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